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Water flows out of Pipe A at a constant rate. Pipe A can fill 3 buckets of the some size in 14 minutes. Write a linear equation that represents the situation

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Answer:

[tex]y=0.21x[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

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  • Pipe A can fill 3 buckets in 14 minutes.

To represent this problem as a function, we need to find the constant ratio of change, which is also called the unit rate, the number of buckets per minute, so let's divide

[tex]m=\frac{3}{14} = 0.21[/tex]

Therefore, Pip A can fill 0.21 buckets per minute.

Now, the function must be linear, where its intial condition is zero. So, the linear equation is

[tex]y=0.21x[/tex]

Which demonstrates the direct proportion between variables.