document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1187248>Question 1187248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by a 2-meter-thick sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a constant rate. After 3 weeks, the sheet is only 1.25 meters thick.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y represent the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after xxx weeks. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #818205 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39621)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=818205\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is linear.  \"decrease at a constant rate.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "According to the description, this constant rate is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282-1.25%29%2F%283-0%29=0.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282-1.25%29%2F%283-0%29=0.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters per week but as NEGATIVE.  Slope is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-0.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-0.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-0.25x%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-0.25x%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, simply plugging into slope-intercept form. </SPAN>\n" );
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