SOLUTION: You use a garden hose to fill a swimming pool at a constant rate. The pool is empty when you begin to fill it. The pool contains 15 gallons of water after 5 minutes. After 30 minu
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Question 250011: You use a garden hose to fill a swimming pool at a constant rate. The pool is empty when you begin to fill it. The pool contains 15 gallons of water after 5 minutes. After 30 minutes, the pool contains 90 gallons of water. Write an equation that gives the volume (in gallons) of water in the pool as a function of the number of minutes since you began filling it. Explain how you can find the time it takes to put 150 gallons of water in the pool. Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! V gallons=3*t (minutes)
15/5=3 gallons per minute
90/30=3 gallons per minute
substitute 150 for volume and solve for t
