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+(-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

Answer 1

Answer:

  5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Add 0.25 to both sides of the equation:

  4.75 +0.25 = x - 0.25 +0.25

  5.00 = x

The original height of the water in the pool was 5.00 feet.

Answer 2

Answer:

5 feet

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