You buy a brand new wax candle that stands 6 inches tall. Knowing that the rate at which the wax melts is approximately 1/100 of

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You buy a brand new wax candle that stands 6 inches tall. Knowing that the rate at which the wax melts is approximately 1/100 of

an inch per minute, write a linear equation that could model this situation.

Mathematics

2 answers:

Mama L [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-10T19:37:23+03:00

Mama L [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

600 minutes total

Step-by-step explanation:

Inch = 100

1/100 every minute

100/100 = 1 inch and 100 minutes

600/100 = 6 inch and 600 minutes

ipn [44] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-10T17:44:41+03:00

Answer:

y=-1/100x+6 or y=-1x+600

Step-by-step explanation:

6 inches is the Y intercept (600,0) if measuring by 1/100 or (6,0)

Since the wax is melting, the slope is going to be negative

y=mx+6 or y=mx+600 either is fine and would yield the same results

y=-.01x+6, y=1/100x+6 or y=-1x+600

To explainn why 6 and 600 are both fine, 6 is measuring with full inches while the 600 is measuring with .01 inches. One graph will be full numbers while the other will be decimals.