Question

At the beginning of a snowstorm, Ellie had 8 inches of snow on her lawn. The snow

then began to fall at a constant rate of 1 inch per hour. Assuming no snow was
melting, how much snow would Ellie have on her lawn 5 hours after the snow began
to fall? How much snow would Ellie have on her lawn after t hours of snow falling?
Snow on lawn after 5 hours:
Snow on lawn after t hours:

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ellie had 8 inches of snow on her lawn at the beginning of the snowstorm. The snow fell at a constant rate of 1 inch per hour. After 5 hours, the amount of snow that fell would be 1 inch per hour times 5 hours, or 5 inches. Therefore, after 5 hours of snow falling, Ellie would have:

8 inches (original snow) + 5 inches (new snow) = 13 inches of snow on her lawn

After t hours of snow falling, the amount of snow that would accumulate on Ellie's lawn can be calculated using the formula:

Snow on lawn = Original snow + (Snowfall rate x Time)

where the "original snow" is the amount of snow on the lawn at the beginning of the snowstorm, "Snowfall rate" is the rate at which snow is falling per hour (in this case, 1 inch per hour), and "Time" is the number of hours the snow has been falling.

Therefore, the amount of snow on Ellie's lawn after t hours of snow falling would be:

Snow on lawn = 8 + (1 x t) = t + 8 inches