Daily Archives: September 21, 2016

Slope Intercept Example 1 Graph — Slope intercept form is a function of a straight line with the form y = mx + bwherem is the slope of the line andb is the y-intercept. Slope refers to how steep the line changes as the values of x change where the y-intercept is where the line crosses the […]

Slope Intercept Form – Equation of a Line Example

This entry was posted on September 21, 2016 by Todd Helmenstine (updated on May 17, 2021)

The GOES satellites sit in geosynchronous orbit, so they can see that the sun rises and sets faster at the equinox. The angle at which sunlight strikes the Earth is at a maximum at the solstice. — Have you ever noticed the sun seems to rise and set faster around spring and fall or near the equator? For that matter, sunrise and sunset take longest in the summer and winter. It’s not your imagination. The amount of time (minutes) it takes for the sun to rise above the […]

Why the Sun Rises and Sets Fastest at the Equinox

This entry was posted on September 21, 2016 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on September 25, 2021)