Question

When the pandemic was over, Mrs. Patterson threw the bottle of bleach in the garbage. The bottle went 10 feet high and she was 16 feet from the garbage can. Write the equation of the path of the bottle of bleach

Answer 1

y = (5/8)x

Explanation:

The bottle, ideally, went through a path of a line. Because she threw it upwards in a slant manner for it to have gotten to the garbage. The equation of a line is given as:

y = mx + c

We are given the vertical height as 10ft and horizontal height as 16ft.

m = vertical height/horizontal height

m = 10ft/16ft

m = 5/8

c is the y-intercept.

Since she is standing on the ground (origin) then the y intercept is 0.

The equation becomes

y = (5/8)x