Your reasoning and your answer were both correct. Discuss with the teacher. ("Discuss". DON'T fight.)
Answer:
It would take the newer pump 4.5 hours to drain the pool
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's investigate first what is the fraction of the job done in the unit of time (hour in this case) by each pump if the work individually:
older pump: if it takes it 9 hours to complete the job, it does
of the job in one hour.
newer pump: we don't know how long it takes (this is our unknown) so we call it "x hours". Therefore, in the unit of time (in one hour) it would have completed
of the total job.
both pumps together: since it takes both 3 hours to complete the job, in one hour they do
of the job.
Now, we can write the following equation about fractions of the job done:
<em>The fraction of the job done by the older pump plus the fraction of the job done by the newer pump in one hour should total the fraction of the job done when they work together.</em> That is in mathematical terms:

and solving for x:

Answer:
D
Step-by-step explanation:
absolute value of -25 is 25
and 25>24
Answer:
The answer would be $184,274.23.
Step-by-step explanation:
We rewrite the statement correctly:
"A linear function has an y-intercept of 12 and a slope of 3/8"
Therefore, the linear function is:
y = (3/8) x + 12
We look for the linear function of the table:
y-yo = m (x-xo)
Where,
m = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
m = ((- 3/8) - (- 3/4)) / ((1/3) - (- 2/3))
m = ((- 3/8) - (- 6/8)) / (3/3)
m = ((- 3 + 6) / 8) / (1)
m = 3/8
(xo, yo) = (- 2/3, -3/4)
Substituting:
y + 3/4 = (3/8) (x + 2/3)
y = (3/8) x + 2/8 - 3/4
y = (3/8) x + 1/4 - 3/4
y = (3/8) x + -2/4
y = (3/8) x + -1/2
The lines are:
y = (3/8) x + 12
y = (3/8) x + -1/2
Answer:
It has the same slope and a different y-intercept