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Course: Algebra 2 > Unit 12

Lesson 4: Modeling with two variables

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Sean drank a slushy as fast as he could. He modeled the relationship between the time since he started drinking

T

(in seconds) and the remaining amount of slushy

S

(in milliliters) as

S = 600 - 7.5 T

.

He wanted to graph the relationship from the moment he started drinking until he finished the slushy. Here is his work:

What mistakes did Sean make when drawing the graph?

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