Patti's Pet Palace has a 90-gallon fish tank. When it needs to be cleaned, it can be drained at a rate of 2 gallons per minute.

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Patti's Pet Palace has a 90-gallon fish tank. When it needs to be cleaned, it can be drained at a rate of 2 gallons per minute.

Assuming the tank was full, and x represents the number of minutes the tank has been draining, which of the following equations represents the amount of water in the tank after x minutes?

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2 answers:

Deffense [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-07T04:21:32+03:00

Deffense [45]3 years ago

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You would have 90 cause the tank is full then you would subtract that from 2x because 2 gallons drain per minute so your answer is 90-2x

Gre4nikov [31] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-07T06:48:23+03:00

Gre4nikov [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

y=90-2x

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