Needs to be able to take up space (mass) and must be able to be measured.
Answer:
t represents the time in minutes since the balloon started descending.
a(t) represents the altitude of the balloon at t minutes.
a(5.5) gives the altitude at 5.5 minutes.
<span>Let x = amt of water evaporated :.05(50) = .08(50-x) 2.5 = 4 - .08x .08x = 4 - 2.5 .08x = 1.5 x = 18.75 lb of water evaporated : ; Check; amt of salt remains the same, only the percentage is different, right? .05(50) = .08(50-18.75) .05(50) = .08(31.25) 2.5 = 2.5</span>
