Question

Archimedes drained the water in his tub. 62.5 liters of water were drained each minute, and the tub wascompletely drained after 8 minutes.Graph the relationship between the amount of water left in the tub (in liters) and time (in minutes).

Answer 1

Start by finding the initial amount of water there was in the tub.

If it took 8 minutes to drain and it loose 62.5 liters per minute we can find the inital amount.

`((62.5L)/(\min))\cdot(8\min )=500L`

continue by drawing a line between points (0,500) and (8,0)

using this line we can see how the water is being drained in the y-axis over the time in the x-axis.