A public swimming pool that holds 45,000 gallons of water is going to be drained for maintenance at a rate of 100 gallons per mi
nute. The amount of water, w (in gallons), in the pool after t minutes is given by the function w = 45,000 – 100t. How many minutes will it take to empty the pool?
Linear Answers that could justify: the rate of change is constant The y values decrease by the same amount As x values increase by 1 the y values decrease by 15
