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Jonathan is trying to drain his pool to install a new liner. The graph below represents the amount of water remaining in his pool as he drains it.

Please help Jonathan is trying to drain his pool to install a new liner. The graph-example-1

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the independent variable is the # of hrs.
the dependent variable is # of gallons.
the slope is -125.
the y intercept is 13000
3000
User Graham Ambrose
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Number of Gallons drained per hour; Number of hours (Independent Variables)

Number of Gallons in the pool (Dependent Variable)

B) -25 (It's the negative value of how many gallons are drained in an hour)

C)13000 (It means how many gallons were in the pool to begin with)

D)3000 (It's the corresponding value for 40 as the x-value)

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