how the graph will be?

Question

an airplane flies from an airport and lands an hour later at another airport, 340 miles away. if t represents the time in hours since the plane has left the terminal biulding, let x(t) be the horizontal distance traveled and y(t) be the altitude of the plane
skecth the possible graph of y(t)

please help me. i don't understand about the relation between x(t) and y (t)
thank u.

Answer 1

You need to plot Distance, x(t), along the horizontal axis and Altitude, y(t), along the vertical axis. At each point in time the plane will be at some distance fromthe first airport and some altitude. Connecting these will produce a plot of the aircrafts flight. Unless it makes a stop somewhere, it should only touch the horizontal axis at the start and at the end.

Answer 2

are you sure the f(t) is the altitude of the plane? with the information you are providing (time and distance) there's no way to know the altitude. you can get the average speed (340 mph) though