The summit of Africa's largest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, consists of the northern and southern ice fields...

 

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The summit of Africa's largest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, consists of the northern and southern ice fields and the Furtwangler glacier. In 2000 the Furtwangler glacier covered an area of 60,000 m. By 2012, the area of the glacier had shrunk to approximately 25,000 m. (a) If this decline is modeled by a linear function, find A = f(t), the formula giving the area of the glacier as a function of time, t, in years since 2000, and explain what the slope and A-intercept mean in terms of the area of the Furtwangler glacier. NOTE: Round coefficients to exactly 2 decimal places. A = f(t) = The slope is of the ice cover goes down by which means the area Choose one The A-intercept is which tells us that in the year the area was Choose one (b) Evaluate f(19). NOTE: Round your answer to one decimal place. f(19) = (c) If this model is correct, when would you expect the Furtwangler glacier to disappear? By the end of The summit of Africa's largest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, consists of the northern and southern ice fields and the Furtwangler glacier. In 2000 the Furtwangler glacier covered an area of 60,000 m. By 2012, the area of the glacier had shrunk to approximately 25,000 m. (a) If this decline is modeled by a linear function, find A = f(t), the formula giving the area of the glacier as a function of time, t, in years since 2000, and explain what the slope and A-intercept mean in terms of the area of the Furtwangler glacier. NOTE: Round coefficients to exactly 2 decimal places. A = f(t) = The slope is of the ice cover goes down by which means the area Choose one The A-intercept is which tells us that in the year the area was Choose one (b) Evaluate f(19). NOTE: Round your answer to one decimal place. f(19) = (c) If this model is correct, when would you expect the Furtwangler glacier to disappear? By the end of