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charles needs to fill a large fish tank gallons per min, and what is the rate? a total of 110 gallons of water can flow through hose b in 10 minutes. which hose has a faster water flow rate, in gallon per minute, and what is that rate?

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Answer:

is b the correct

Explanation:

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The question is incomplete, the correct question is:

Charles needs to fill a large fish tank with water using a hose. he has two hoses from which to choose. Water flows through each hose at a constant rate. The graph below shows the amount of water, in gallons , that flows through holes A based on the number of minutes used. A total of 110 gallo s of water can flow through Hose B in 10 minutes. Which hose has a faster water rate, in gallons per minute, and what is that rate?

Answer:

Hose B has a faster water flow rate in comparison to Hose A

Explanation:

For Hose B,

From the information above, it is said that a total of 110 gallons of water can flow through hose b in 10 minutes. Therefore, divide 110 by 10 to get the amount of water that flows through hose b in gallons in one minute.

So,

110/10=11

y=11 x

This implies that 11 gallons of water flows through hose b in 1 minute.

For Hose A,

Select two points to get the rate of change,and then subtraction of y2 from y1 and x2 from x1 is done

Points selected: (2,12) , (4,24)

(x1,y1)=(2,12)

(x2,y2)=(4,24)

So, Subtract 24 from 12 and 2 from 4

M=y2-y1/x2-x1= 24-12 / 2-4= 12/2=6

This implies that in hose a a total of 6 gallons of water flows in one minute.

Therefore, the equation for hose a is y=6 x

In conclusion, hose b has a faster water flow rate since y=6 x < y=11 x.

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