SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP Owners of a recreation area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding water at a rate of 26 liters per minute. There are 300 liters in the pond to start. Let

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Question 1148525: PLEASE HELP Owners of a recreation area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding water at a rate of 26 liters per minute. There are 300 liters in the pond to start. Let W represent the total amount of water in the pond (in liters), and let T represent the total number of minutes that water has been added. Write an equation relating W to T. Then use this equation to find the total amount of water after 19 minutes.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+W+=+26T+%2B+300+
Note that +26+ is the slope of the line, and
also the rate of change of W per minute
Also, when +T=0+, +W+=+300+ as it should
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+T+=+19+
+W+=+26T+%2B+300+
+W+=+26%2A19+%2B+300+
+W+=+494+%2B+300+
+W+=+794+ liters