SOLUTION: I need help in solving: Harrison took a bath 1 hour before going to bed. He filled the tub up to 2 feet high. His bath lasted 20 minutes. When he finished the bath, he unplugged t

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Question 1168498: I need help in solving:
Harrison took a bath 1 hour before going to bed. He filled the tub up to 2 feet high. His bath lasted 20 minutes. When he finished the bath, he unplugged the drain. The bathtub drained 3 inches per minute. Write an equation for the height of water in the tub.
a. What is the unit rate?______________________________________
b. Define your variables.
Dependent Variable _____ : _________________________________________________________
Independent Variable _____ : __________________________________________________________
c. What is the starting point? _______________________________
d. Write a linear equation for the situation.
e. Using your equation, find out how high the water in the tub was after 5 minutes.
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