SOLUTION: A pump removes 1000 gal of water from a pool at a constant rate of 50 gal/min. a. Write an equation to find the amount of water y in the pool after t minutes. b. Graph the eq

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: A pump removes 1000 gal of water from a pool at a constant rate of 50 gal/min.
a. Write an equation to find the amount of water y in the pool after t minutes.
b. Graph the equation and interpret the t- and the y-intercepts. This question is from textbook

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A pump removes 1000 gal of water from a pool at a constant rate of 50 gal/min.
a. Write an equation to find the amount of water y in the pool after t minutes
y = 1000 - 50t
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b. Graph the equation and interpret the t- and the y-intercepts.
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t-intercept = 20 means "the pool has no water when the time is 20 seconds.
y-intercept = 1000 means "when the time is zero the pool has 1000 gallons".
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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