On Wednesday, the employee gets a second hose and is able to fill the tank twice as fast as Monday. They start filling the tank at exactly 12:00 p.m. The function 푊 models the height of the water in the tank, 푊(푥), in inches, 푥 seconds after 12:00 p.m as it fills. Write an algebraic equation for 푊. Explain how you arrived at this equation.
Question
On Wednesday, the employee gets a second hose and is able to fill the tank twice as fast as Monday. They start filling the tank at exactly 12:00 p.m. The function 푊 models the height of the water in the tank, 푊(푥), in inches, 푥 seconds after 12:00 p.m as it fills. Write an algebraic equation for 푊. Explain how you arrived at this equation.
Solution
To write an algebraic equation for W(x), we need to know the rate at which the tank was filled on Monday. Let's assume that rate is R inches per second.
On Wednesday, the employee gets a second hose and is able to fill the tank twice as fast as Monday. So, the rate on Wednesday is 2R inches per second.
The function W models the height of the water in the tank, W(x), in inches, x seconds after 12:00 p.m. as it fills.
Since the rate of filling the tank is constant on Wednesday, we can use the formula for a linear function to write the equation for W(x):
W(x) = rate * time W(x) = 2R * x
This equation tells us that the height of the water in the tank x seconds after 12:00 p.m. is equal to twice the Monday's rate times the number of seconds since 12:00 p.m.
I arrived at this equation by understanding that the rate of filling the tank on Wednesday is twice the rate on Monday, and by using the formula for a linear function, which is appropriate because the rate of filling the tank is constant.
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