Question

A leak in a pool causes the height of the water to decrease by 0.25 foot over 2 hours. After the leak is fixed, the height of the water is 4.75 feet. The equation 4.75 = x + (negative 0.25) can be used to find x, the original height of the water in a pool.
What was the original height of the water in the pool in feet?
4.5
5.0
6.5
7.0

Answer 1

The original height  of the water in a pool is 5 ft , Option B is the correct answer.

What is an Equation ?

An equation can be defined as a mathematical statement when two algebraic expressions are equated using an equal sign.

It is given in the question that

A leak in a pool causes the height of the water to decrease by 0.25 foot over 2 hours.

the height of the water is 4.75 feet.

The equation

4.75 = x + (negative 0.25)

can be used to find x, the original height of the water in a pool.

4.75 = x - 0.25

x = 5

Therefore the original height  of the water in a pool is 5 ft , Option B is the correct answer.

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