Please help me The rate at which a mountain is eroding is given by y=0.5x, where y represents the amount of erosion in millimeters and x represents the amount of time in years. A field is eroding at a rate of 2 millimeters per year. Is the field or the mountain eroding at a faster rate? By how much?​

Field

Field is eroding 4 times faster than the mountain.

Step-by-step explanation:

= The amount of erosion in millimeters

= Number of years passed

The rate at which soil is eroding in the mountain is 0.5 millimeters per year.

The rate at which the field is eroding is 2 millimeters per year.

The field is eroding faster than the mountain.

So the field is eroding 4 times faster than the mountain.

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

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