An airplane takes off from an airport and lands an hour laterat another airport, 400 miles away. If represents the time in minutes since the plane has left the terminal, let x(t) bethe horizontal distance traveled and  y(t)be the altitude ofthe plane.(a) Sketch a possible graph of  x(t) .(b) Sketch a possible graph of  y(t).(c) Sketch a possible graph of the ground speed.(d) Sketch a possible graph of the vertical velocity.

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An airplane takes off from an airport and lands an hour later
at another airport, 400 miles away. If represents the time in minutes since the plane has left the terminal, let x(t) be
the horizontal distance traveled and  y(t)be the altitude of
the plane.
(a) Sketch a possible graph of  x(t) .
(b) Sketch a possible graph of  y(t).
(c) Sketch a possible graph of the ground speed.
(d) Sketch a possible graph of the vertical velocity.

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