Question

Water flows out of Pipe A at a constant rate. Pipe A can fill 3 buckets of the some size in 14 minutes. Write a linear equation that represents the situation

Answer 1

`y=0.21x`

Explanation:

Givens

• Pipe A can fill 3 buckets in 14 minutes.

To represent this problem as a function, we need to find the constant ratio of change, which is also called the unit rate, the number of buckets per minute, so let's divide

`m=(3)/(14) = 0.21`

Therefore, Pip A can fill 0.21 buckets per minute.

Now, the function must be linear, where its intial condition is zero. So, the linear equation is

`y=0.21x`

Which demonstrates the direct proportion between variables.