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A company has an inventory of books that is decreasing at a constant rate. After selling the book for 4 days,
they have 8.840 books in stock and after'selling it for 10 days they have 7,850 books in stock. Let B represent
the number of books they have in stock and let d represent the days they have been selling it. Write a linear
equation for B in terms of d.
Transcribed Image Text:A company has an inventory of books that is decreasing at a constant rate. After selling the book for 4 days, they have 8.840 books in stock and after'selling it for 10 days they have 7,850 books in stock. Let B represent the number of books they have in stock and let d represent the days they have been selling it. Write a linear equation for B in terms of d.
A child lets go of a balloon that rises at a constant rate. Five seconds after it was released, the balloon is at a
height of 16 feet above the ground. After 20 seconds of rising, it is at a height of 52 feet above the ground.
Let h be the height of the balloon above the ground and let t be the time, in seconds, since it was released.
Write a linear equation for h in terms of t.
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Transcribed Image Text:A child lets go of a balloon that rises at a constant rate. Five seconds after it was released, the balloon is at a height of 16 feet above the ground. After 20 seconds of rising, it is at a height of 52 feet above the ground. Let h be the height of the balloon above the ground and let t be the time, in seconds, since it was released. Write a linear equation for h in terms of t. 4.
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