A student and the marine biologist are together at t = 0. The student ascends more slowly than the m

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A student and the marine biologist are together at t = 0. The student ascends more slowly than the marine biologist. Write an equation of a function that could represent the student's ascent. Please keep in mind the slope for the marine biologist is 12.

Slope means rise over run.

In this case, rise is the ascent distance and run is the time.
12 = 12/1, so for each second of time, the marine biologist ascends 12 units of distance

If the student ascends slower, than the total distance gets reduced by an unknown factor, let's call it c. So we have the student's ascent function as:
y(t) = 12t - c
 
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