Answer:
The height of the water increases 2 inches per minute.
Step-by-step explanation:
the slope is always the ratio of
y coordinate change / x coordinate change
in our case, x is the time (minutes), and y is the water height (inches).
we see, the longer the pool get filled, the higher the water gets. logical, right ?
by checking the data points we see :
with every 2 minutes passing the water height increases by 4 inches.
so, the slope is +4/+2 = 2/1 = 2
and that ratio tells us now the increase of the water height with every fraction or multiple of the measured 2-minute interval.
every 2 minutes 4 inches more.
so, e.g. every 3×2 = 6 minutes we get 3×4 = 12 inches more.
and - every 1/2 × 2 = 1 minute more we get 1/2 × 4 = 2 inches more.
