Problema Solution
A barrel contains 157 gallons of water and is being drained at a constant rate of 5 gallons per hour. Write an equation that models the number of gallons,g, after,t, hours.
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this is going to be a simple linear funtion.
g(t) is going to be gallons given time t
the rate is -5 gallons per hour so for simplicity t will have units of hours.
g(t) = 157 -5t