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A gas tank has a leak. Each hour it loses 3 gallons of gas. Write the equation that represents how much gas, g , the tank loses over h hours.
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A gas tank has a leak. Each hour it loses 3 gallons of gas. Write the equation that represents how much gas, g , the tank loses over h hours.

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Lost gas = g(h) = -(3 gallons / hour)h.

The rate of change, or the slope, of this relationship is -3 gal / hr
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