SOLUTION: a faucet is used to add water to a large bottle that already contained some water. After it had been filling for 4 seconds, the gauge on the bottle indicates that it contains 10 ou

Question 1053919: a faucet is used to add water to a large bottle that already contained some water. After it had been filling for 4 seconds, the gauge on the bottle indicates that it contains 10 ounces of water. After 11 seconds of filling, the gauge reads 24 ounces of water. Let y be the amount of water in the bottle x seconds after the water was turned on. write a linear equation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are given 2 points on the straight line
that tells you the ounces of water in the bottle
at any time after water was turned on
in seconds
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The given points, ( x,y ), are:
( 4, 10 )
( 11, 24 )
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You can use the general point-slope formula:

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check:
does it go through ( 4,10 )?

OK
does it go through ( 11,24 ) ?

OK
Note that when ( started filling ), the
bottle already had ounces in it

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