EXAMPLE 11 Application: Interpreting SlopeA swimming pool is being filled with a hose. The water depth y (in feet) in the pool ihours after the hose is turned on is given byy = 1.5t + 2(a) Find the slope and y-intercept of the graph of this equation.(b) What do the slope and y-intercept represent?

(a) The depth of the water in pool y (in feet) after t hours the hose turned on is given by the…

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