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 th
e 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
Step-by-step explanation: Divide by -1 then add 8 to both sides and get (x+9)^3=-512, and the cube root of -512 is -8, so x+9=-8, and subtracting 9 from both sides we get x=-17 as answer.
