A ball is hurled in the air such that its horizontal (x) and vertical (y) shifts are given by the functions x(t) = 20t and y(t) = 40t – 5tÆ, where x and y are in meters and the time t is in seconds. What is the ratio of y to x at time t = 5 seconds?
at t = 5:
x(5) = 100
y(5) = 200 - 25
= 175
\(\frac{y(5)}{x(5)}\) = \(\frac{175}{100}\) = 7/4