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A tank at a factory contains water. Workers are draining the tank at a constant rate. After 23 minutes of being drained, the tank contains 342 liters of water. After 36 minutes, the tank contains 134 liters of water.(a)Choose the statement that best describes how the time and the amount of water in the tank are related. Then fill in the blank.As time increases, the amount of water in the tank decreases.Theamountofwaterinthetankdecreasesatarateoflitersperminute. As time increases, the amount of water in the tank increases.Theamountofwaterinthetankincreasesatarateoflitersperminute. (b)How much water did the tank contain when the workers started draining it?liters

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A tank at a factory contains water. Workers are draining the tank at a constant rate. After 23 minutes of being drained, the tank contains 342 liters of water. After 36 minutes, the tank contains 134 liters of water.(a)Choose the statement that best describes how the time and the amount of water in the tank are related. Then fill in the blank.As time increases, the amount of water in the tank decreases.Theamountofwaterinthetankdecreasesatarateoflitersperminute. As time increases, the amount of water in the tank increases.Theamountofwaterinthetankincreasesatarateoflitersperminute. (b)How much water did the tank contain when the workers started draining it?liters

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(a) As time increases, the amount of water in the tank decreases.

To find the rate at which the water decreases, we need to subtract the final amount of water from the initial amount, and then divide by the difference in time.

So, the rate is (342 liters - 134 liters) / (36 minutes - 23 minutes) = 208 liters / 13 minutes = 16 liters per minute.

The amount of water in the tank decreases at a rate of 16 liters per minute.

(b) To find out how much water the tank contained when the workers started draining it, we need to add back the amount of water that had been drained in the first 23 minutes.

So, the initial amount of water is 342 liters + (23 minutes * 16 liters per minute) = 342 liters + 368 liters = 710 liters.

The tank contained 710 liters when the workers started draining it.

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