SOLUTION: Water is flowing into a 5100 gallon pool at the rate of 40 gallons every 15 minutes. write an equation to describe the amount of water in the pool after t minutes.

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Question 728124: Water is flowing into a 5100 gallon pool at the rate of 40 gallons every 15 minutes. write an equation to describe the amount of water in the pool after t minutes.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The rate of filling is +40%2F15+=+8%2F3+ gal / min
( rate ) x ( time ) = gallons of water in the pool
+%288%2F3%29%2At+ gallons in the pool after +t+ min
The size of the pool doesn't matter, except that
at some time it will overflow.