Question

Laura fills a bucket at a rate 6L/min . At the same time Sarah empties a bucket holding 30 L of water at a rate of 9L/min . Let L repeats the number of liters of water and let repreasent time or min . The system models this situation.
How many min will it take for the buckets to hold equal amounts of water and how much will that be

L=6t
L=30-9t

It will take ____ min for both buckets to hold equal amounts of water. They will each hold ___liter

Answer 1

T=2 and L=12 (6*2=12)(30-(9*2=18)=12)