a hiker is walking down a mountain. she walked 5,978 feet in 17 minutes. in that time, she descended 1,024 feet from the top of the mountain. she then walked 3,972 feet in 7 minutes. in that time, she descended 500 more feet. express the average rate of change in altitude of the hiker from her starting point to her ending point as a unit rate.

The sum of the first eight terms of an arithmetic progression is 9m + 14. the fifth term of the06 progression is 2m - 6, where m is a constant.given that the first term of the progression is 26,find the value of the common difference, d and thevalue of m.

Which of these would have been most likely to have been a carpetbagger during the reconstruction era? a) a new york businessman who relocated to mississippi b) a former slave who was able to buy land in birmingham c) a carolina-born politician who supported the democratic d) a former confederate officer who owned a farm in memphis eliminate

State if it is acute obtuse or right