For purposes of this exercise, we will think of the Mississippi River as a straight line beginning at its headwaters, Lake Itasca, Minnesota, at an elevation of 1475 feet above sea level, and sloping downward to the Gulf of Mexico 2340 miles to the south. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (a) Think of the southern direction as pointing right along the horizontal axis. What is the slope of the line representing the Mississippi River? ft/mi (b) Memphis, Tennessee, sits on the Mississippi River 1982 miles south of Lake Itasca. What is the elevation of the river as it passes Memphis? ft (c) How many miles south of Lake Itasca would you find the elevation of the Mississippi to be 400 feet?

For purposes of this exercise, we will think of the Mississippi River as a straight line beginning at its headwaters, Lake Itasca, Minnesota, at an elevation of 1475 feet above sea level, and sloping downward to the Gulf of Mexico 2340 miles to the south. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (a) Think of the southern direction as pointing right along the horizontal axis. What is the slope of the line representing the Mississippi River? ft/mi (b) Memphis, Tennessee, sits on the Mississippi River 1982 miles south of Lake Itasca. What is the elevation of the river as it passes Memphis? ft (c) How many miles south of Lake Itasca would you find the elevation of the Mississippi to be 400 feet?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter7: Analytic Trigonometry

Section7.6: The Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Problem 94E

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