Given:
15 pounds of barrel
10 gallons of water; 98.4 pounds
20 gallons of water; 181.8 pounds
In order to find the equation and graph that matches this, we need to find the following:
y - intercept
slope of the line
In the problem, it was given that the barrel weighs 15 pounds. Meaning, even in an empty barrel, we already have a total weight of 15 pounds.
We let:
x = gallons of water
y = total weight
This means, at x = 0, y = 15.
y - i