A pool is filling up at a rate 7 gallons per minute. which equation best represents y, the total amount in the pool after x minu

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3 years ago

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A. x=7y
B. y=7x
C. y=7+x
D. x=7+y

2 answers:

antiseptic1488 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-17T17:29:14+03:00

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B. y = 7x

7x is the steady rate of 7 gallons per minute. The number of minutes can also be plugged into x to find the volume of the pool after x minutes.

erastovalidia [21] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-17T18:42:48+03:00

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B. y=7x

y represents the amount of water in the pool after x minutes, that means it's going to be the result.

x represents minutes.

you are multiplying it because it's per minutes