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Pine Mountain already has 8 inches of snow cover when a snowstorm hits. The storm drops an inch of snow per hour.Let h represent the number of hours since the storm started and s represent the total snow cover in inches.This relationship can also be shown in a table. Complete the equation that represents the relationship between h and s.h s7 158 169 1710 18s=

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Pine Mountain already has 8 inches of snow cover when a snowstorm hits. The storm drops an inch of snow per hour.Let h represent the number of hours since the storm started and s represent the total snow cover in inches.This relationship can also be shown in a table. Complete the equation that represents the relationship between h and s.h s7 158 169 1710 18s=

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Solution

The equation that represents the relationship between h (the number of hours since the storm started) and s (the total snow cover in inches) is:

s = 8 + h

This equation represents the initial 8 inches of snow cover plus the additional inch of snow that falls each hour (h).

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