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Algebra (all content)

Unit 3: Lesson 11

Interpreting linear functions and equations
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Algebra (all content)
Linear equations, functions, & graphs
Interpreting linear functions and equations
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Linear equations word problems: graphs

CCSS.Math: HSF.IF.B.4
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Problem

Archimedes drained the water in his tub.
The amount of water left in the tub (in liters) as a function of time (in minutes) is graphed.
A first quadrant coordinate plane. The horizontal axis is from zero to five point five with a scale of one-halve and is titled Time in minutes. The vertical axis is from zero to four hundred with a scale of forty and is titled Water in liters. The graph of the line is y equals negative seventy-two x plus three hundred sixty.
How much water was initially in the tub?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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