Question

There is a leak in the attic due to rain.Jared is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water.The number of buckets (y) filled during (x) hours can be represented by the equation y = 0.4x. How long will it take to fill 2 buckets(hours)

Answer 1

5 hours

Explanation:

The problem is giving you the equation

y = 0.4x; where y is the # of buckets filled and x is the hours.

If they you 2 filled buckets, then how many hours?

You need to solve for x

y = 0.4x; to get the x by itself, divide by 0.4

x =
`(y)/(0.4)` ; now substitute y with 2 ( for 2 filled buckets)

x =
`(2)/(0.4)` = 5; which means it took 5 hours to fill up 2 buckets.