document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548293>Question 548293</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the time is 7A.M. and there is six inches of snow how much snow would be on the ground the night before at 11P.M. if the snow fell at a rate of .5 inches per hour and the equation is 6+0.5x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #356874 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><B>mathie123(224)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=356874\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It looks like you have already done the hard part of the question..(the equation)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we let time 0 be 7AM.  We know at this time we have 6 inches of snow (this is like the y-intercept)  the rate of 0.5 is the slope as for every hour we go up 0.5 inches.   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The graph looks like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28300%2C300%2C-10%2C10%2C0%2C10%2C6%2B0.5x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28300%2C300%2C-10%2C10%2C0%2C10%2C6%2B0.5x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now at 11PM the night before, how many hours passed to get to time 0 (7AM)?  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you think about it long enough 7+1=8 hours passed (so our x value is -8)  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All we need to see is what the y value is when x=-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This could be seen on the graph, but if you are like me and your graphs aren't perfect like the computer shows them... theres another way \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6%2B0.5%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6%2B0.5%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6%2B0.5%2A%28-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6%2B0.5%2A%28-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 2 inches will be there at 11PM the night before.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MENTAL CHECK:   If you ended up with a negative number, thats not good.. theres no such thing as a negative amount of snow... our answer passes the mental check! </SPAN>\n" );
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