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soccergirl14
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So pretty much, I was given data (see below) about seagulls dropping clams and the number of drops required to break the clam.
Height of drops (x)/number of drops (y)
1.7 / 42
2 / 21
2.9 / 10.3
4.1 / 6.8
5.6 /5.1
6.3 / 4.8
7 /4.4
8 /4.1
10 /3.7
13.9 /3.2
So for the last six points I created the equation y= 1/ (0.045x) +1 which showed there was a horizontal asymptote of 1 (because you can't have less than one drop), a vertical asymptote of 0 (because you can't drop the clam from a distance from less than zero), and no x-intercepts. I'm trying to create a piece wise function, but I'm having trouble getting the first point to relate to the other points in an equation.
Height of drops (x)/number of drops (y)
1.7 / 42
2 / 21
2.9 / 10.3
4.1 / 6.8
5.6 /5.1
6.3 / 4.8
7 /4.4
8 /4.1
10 /3.7
13.9 /3.2
So for the last six points I created the equation y= 1/ (0.045x) +1 which showed there was a horizontal asymptote of 1 (because you can't have less than one drop), a vertical asymptote of 0 (because you can't drop the clam from a distance from less than zero), and no x-intercepts. I'm trying to create a piece wise function, but I'm having trouble getting the first point to relate to the other points in an equation.
