Question

Owners of a recreation area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding water at a rate of 34 liters 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 W to T. Then use this equation to find the total amount of water after 13 minutes.
Equation:
Total amount of water after 13 minutes:- liters

Answer 1

You start with 600 liters and are adding 34 liters per minute .

You need to multiply 34 by the number of minutes ( T) and then add that total to the 600 to find the total amount of water (W)

The equation would be W = 34T + 600

Now replace T with 13 minutes and solve for W:

W = 34(13) + 600

W = 442 + 600

W = 1,042 total liters.