Question

Enrico is filling his pool. The pool has 3000 gallons of water in it. The water hose that enrico uses puts 500 gallons per hour into the pool.Write an equation for the number of gallons y water in the pool after x hours. Identify the slope and the y intercept

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of hours for which the hose puts water into the pool.

Let y represent the number of gallons of water in the pool after x hours.

The pool has 3000 gallons of water in it. The water hose that enrico uses puts 500 gallons per hour into the pool. This means that the volume of water in the pool after x hours is

y = 500x + 3000

Comparing with the slope intercept form which is expressed as

y = mx + c

Where

m represents slope

c represents y intercept

Therefore, the slope is 500 and the y intercept is 3000