SOLUTION: help me please here is the question: You are draining your swimming pool. After x minutes, the amount y (in gallons) of water remaining in the pool is given by the equation y=4800-

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Question 853091: help me please here is the question: You are draining your swimming pool. After x minutes, the amount y (in gallons) of water remaining in the pool is given by the equation y=4800-12x. find the x- and y-intercepts for the equation, and explain what real life quantities the intercepts represent in this situation.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi, Previously Posted
y=4800-12x.
when y = 0, pool is empty, x = 400 min ( 6 23 hr )
when x = 0, pool is full and has 4800gal in it
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