Question

The summer has ended and it’s time to drain the swimming pool. 20 minutes after pulling the plug, there is still 45 000L of water in the pool. The pool is empty after 70 minutes. Calculate the rate that the water is draining out of the pool. (Hint: remember this line is sloping down to the right) (3 marks) Rate=0-45000/70-20 Rate = (0 - 45000) / 70-20 Rate = -45000 / 50 Rate=-900/minute b) Calculate how much water was in the pool initially (at time 0). (2 marks)

Answer 1

there were 63,000L of water initially in the pool

Explanation:

do 900L times the first 20 minutes to find out how much water was drained during the first 20 minutes and you get 18,000L drained

then, add 18,000L plus the rest of the 45,000L of water drained from the pool to get 63,000L of water intially in the pool