Question

Suppose you start with a full tank of gas (20 gallons) in your truck. After driving 3 hours, you now have 2 gallons left. If x is the number of hours you have been driving, then y is the number of gallons left in the tank. At what rate is the gas left in the tank changing? State your answer as a reduced fraction. Find an equation of a line in the form y = mx + b that describes the amount of gas in your tank.

Answer 1

The rate of the gas left in the tank will be -6 and the equation will be given as y = -6x + 20.

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Expression in maths is defined as the collection of the numbers variables and functions by using signs like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Given that:-

• Suppose you start with a full tank of gas (20 gallons) in your truck. After driving 3 hours, you now have 2 gallons left. If x is the number of hours you have been driving, then y is the number of gallons left in the tank.

The rate of gas will be calculated as:-

Suppose the hours are represented by x and the gallons are represented by y.

The rate of the gas will be the slope so the slope will be calculated as:-

$m =\dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

$m = \dfrac{2-20}{3-0}$

$m =\dfrac{-18}{3}$

m = -6

The equation will be given as:-

y = mx + c

y  = -6x + 20

Therefore the rate of the gas left in the tank will be -6 and the equation will be given as y = -6x + 20.

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