Assignment:
By 2004 this glacier had melted to only 1 acre.
(a) Assume that this glacier melted at a constant rate each year. Find the yearly rate.
(b) Use your answer from part (a) to write a linear equation that gives the acreage A of this glacier t years past 1920.
The yearly rate of change is ___ acres/year.
(type an integer or a decimal. Round to the nearest thousandth)
What is the equation that gives the acreage of the glacier t years after 1920? A=____.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.