In 1–2 sentences, describe what types of function can be used to describe each part of the following situation. You jumped from a high ledge into a pool of water, then swam to the other side of the pool and climbed up a ladder at a constant rate to get out of the pool. Compare your height around the surface of the pool water to the
For the part of jumping into the pool and swimming, a quadratic function could be used to describe the height over time as it involves a curved trajectory. For climbing up the ladder at a constant rate, a linear function would be appropriate to describe the height over time as it involves a steady increase.
