A fish tank holds at most 125 gallons of water. The tank already has 20 gallons of water in when Ian begins to fill it at a rate

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A fish tank holds at most 125 gallons of water. The tank already has 20 gallons of water in when Ian begins to fill it at a rate

of 8 gallons per minute
(a) Could Ian still be filling the tank after 15 minutes? Show how you found your answer.

(b) Let m be the number of minutes the tank has been filling. Use an inequality to find all values of m when the tank could be filling

Mathematics

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Ivenika [448] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-14T08:02:43+03:00

Ivenika [448]3 years ago

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Answer:

No, and 7 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Because if he fills at a constant rate the measure would be uneven if he adds 120 gallons.

2) It should be filled for 7 minutes before overflowing.