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Use the situation to answer the questions. Moving at a constant rate, a trench machine is advertised as being able to dig 36-foot trenches in 40 minutes. A farmer uses the same machine to dig trenches that are 58.5 feet long, with each trench taking 65 minutes to complete.there's two questions that go with this situation

Use the situation to answer the questions. Moving at a constant rate, a trench machine-example-1
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Answer Of 1st question:

y=trench length(ft) per minute

x= time in minutes

Answer of 2nd question:

0.9ft per min

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The machine is advertised as being able to dig 36-foot trenches in 40 minutes:

Since it moves at a constant rate:


\begin{gathered} (36)/(40)=0.9,\text{ }(58.5)/(65)=0.9 \\ 0.9\text{ fe}e\text{t each minute} \\ \text{Let x be the time in minutes} \\ \text{Let y be trench lenght in f}eet \\ y=0.9x \end{gathered}

The unit rate of the situation is 0.9 feet per min.

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