Question

I NEED HELP FAST PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!! The grade of a hill steepness represented as a percent. Jim tracks his walking speed up different hills. What does the rate of change , or slope , represents in this situation a= the rate represents an increases in speed for each 1% b= the rate represents a decrease in speed for 1% grade c = the rate represents a decrease in speed for each 1% grade increase D= the rate represents no change in speed for each 1% grade decrease

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

slope=walking speed /%

negative slope

so that rules out a and d

and you can see that as the percent increases the speed decreases.

so I think It would be C.