A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by a 2-meter-thick sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a constant rate. After 3 weeks, the sheet is only 1.25 meters thick. Let y represent the ice sheet's thickness ( in meters) after x weeks. Complete the equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks.
Answer:
y = 2 - 0.25x
Step-by-step explanation:
From the question, the initial thickness of the ice sheet = 2 meters,
After 3 weeks, the thickness of ice sheet reduced to 1.25 meters
Hence, the difference in the thickness in 3 weeks is calculated as:
2m - 1.25m = 0.75m
The amount of changes that occurred in 3 weeks is given as:
= 0.75/3 = 0.25 meters,
We are told that, the ice is melting with the constant rate.
Therefore, the equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks is given as:
y = 2 - 0.25x
What do you need help with?
Answer:
No, it does not.
Step-by-step explanation:
This does not make a right triangle because in order to have a right triangle you must have 2 of the same numbers.
<em><u>For example:</u></em>
900, 800, 900 makes a right triangle
900, 800, 700 does not.
Hope this helped :D
I'm sorry that I'm not in calculus, but hopefully I can help.
Personally, I would choose: D.) x; in the second equation ;
because it has easier numbers to figure out, you'll get it eventually...
