Question

Brittany’s Hot Tub. When draining her hot tub, the height of the water in Brittany’s hot tub decreases at a rate of 2 inches per minute. After 9 minutes there are 11 inches of water in the tub. Assume that the height is decreasing at a constant rate.

a. Write an equation for the height of water left in the tub (h) as a function of the number of the minutes (t) that have elapsed.
b. How high is the tub when it is full?
c. After how many minutes will the tub be empty?
d. What values of the domain, t, make sense? Why?
e. What values of the range, h, make sense? Why?

Answer 1

a. h = -2t + 29

b. 14.5 inches (not sure)

c. 5 1/2 minutes

d. The domain means the amount of time elapsed.

e. The value of h means the height of the water left

Explanation: