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Owners of a recreational area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding water at a rate of 31 L per minute. There are 600 liters in the pond to start. Let W represent the total amount of water in the pond in liters, and let T represent the total number of minutes that water has been added. Write an equation relating to W to T then use this equation to find the total amount of water after 11 minutes.

Owners of a recreational area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding-example-1

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we have that

the linear equation that represents this situation is

W=31T+600

so

For T=11 min

substitute

W=31(11)+600

W=941 liters

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