Linda's fish tank has 13 liters of water in it. She plans to add 6 liters per minute until the tank has at least 61 liters. What are the possible numbers of minutes Linda could add water?Use t for the number of minutes.Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
Question
Linda's fish tank has 13 liters of water in it. She plans to add 6 liters per minute until the tank has at least 61 liters. What are the possible numbers of minutes Linda could add water?Use t for the number of minutes.Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
Solution
The problem can be solved by setting up an inequality.
First, we know that Linda's fish tank currently has 13 liters of water in it.
Second, we know that she plans to add 6 liters of water per minute.
Third, we know that she wants the tank to have at least 61 liters of water.
So, we can set up the inequality as follows:
13 + 6t >= 61
Next, we subtract 13 from both sides of the inequality to isolate the term with t:
6t >= 61 - 13
6t >= 48
Finally, we divide both sides of the inequality by 6 to solve for t:
t >= 48 / 6
t >= 8
So, the possible numbers of minutes Linda could add water is any number greater than or equal to 8.
Similar Questions
Tom wants to rent a boat and spend less than $69. The boat costs $6 per hour, and Tom has a discount coupon for $3 off. What are the possible numbers of hours Tom could rent the boat?Use t for the number of hours.Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?3 hrs 15 min3 hrs 45 min4 hrs4 hrs 15 min
Water flows from the bottom of a storage tank at a rate of r(t) = 300 − 6t liters per minute, where 0 ≤ t ≤ 50. Find the amount of water that flows from the tank during the first 30 minutes.
A tank at a factory contains water. Workers are filling the tank at a constant rate. After 38 minutes of being filled, the tank contains 525 liters of water. After 59 minutes, the tank contains 777 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 filling it?liters
(a)The amount of water in a fish tank is between 7 liters and 14 liters, exclusive. Use a for the amount of water in liters.Inequality: Graph:123456789101112131415
Upgrade your grade with Knowee
Get personalized homework help. Review tough concepts in more detail, or go deeper into your topic by exploring other relevant questions.