A water tank already contains 55 gallons of water when Baxter begins to fill it. Water flows into the tank at a rate of 8 gallon

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katen-ka-za [31]

3 years ago

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A water tank already contains 55 gallons of water when Baxter begins to fill it. Water flows into the tank at a rate of 8 gallon

s per minute. Write a linear equation to model this situation. How long it will take to get 127 gallons of water

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Roman55 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-28T01:31:04+03:00

Roman55 [17]3 years ago

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Answer: 8x+55=127

Step-by-step explanation: it would take 9 mins because there’s already 55 gallons of water in the tank so you subtract that from 127 which is 72 then you divide 72 by 8 and get 9