Owners of a recreation area are filling a small pond with water. They are adding water at a rate of 32 liters per minute. There are 700 liters in the pond to start. Let W represent the total amount of water in the pond (in liters), and let T represent the total number of minutes that water has been added. Write an equation relating W to T . Then use this equation to find the total amount of water after 17 minutes.
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Step 1:** The equation relating W to T is: \[ W = 32T + 700 \] ** Show more…
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