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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.

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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.

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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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