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A paratrooper falls to the ground along a diagonal line. His fall begins 5 330 meters above the ground, and the line he follows has a slope
of 6.5. That is, he falls 6.5 meters vertically for every 1 meter he moves across horizontally. How far horizontally across the ground does
he land from his initial position in the sky?
meters
Using the given values you can form the equation f(x)=-6.5x+5330 to model this example. All you need to do is look to where the x intercept is and there is you answer.
