SOLUTION: Sean tried to drink a slushy as fast as he could. He drank the slushy at a constant rate. There were originally 275 milliliters of slushy in the cup. After 13 seconds, 210 millilit

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Question 1139804: Sean tried to drink a slushy as fast as he could. He drank the slushy at a constant rate. There were originally 275 milliliters of slushy in the cup. After 13 seconds, 210 milliliters of slushy remained.
How fast did Sean drink?
How long did it take Sean to drink all the slushy?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+275+-+210+=+65+ ml is amount he drank
+65%2F13+=+5+ ml/sec is his rate of drinking
+275+=+5t+
+t+=+55+ sec is the time to drink slushy