The express elevator in the Empire State Building in New York City travels nonstop from the ground floor to the top floor at a rate of 1,400 feet per minute.
The express elevator in the John Hancock Center in Chicago travels nonstop from the
ground floor to the observatory on the top floor at a rate represented by the equation
y = 30x, where y is the height, in feet, and is the number of seconds
Graph the two relationships on the grid below to compare the rates of the
two elevators,
ELEVATOR RATES
I
Height (feet)
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
10
40
50
20 30
Time (seconds)
Which elevator travels at a faster rate?
Using the information from the graph, explain how you got your answer.