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A hot air balloon is climbing at a constant rate into the sky. The equation y = 9x + 10 can be used to represent this situation, where y is the height of the hot air balloon in feet above ground and x is the number of seconds the balloon has been climbing.

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From the starting position of 10 feet above ground, the balloon is climbing 9 feet per second.

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