On a routine inspection of the water system of Cincinnati, Fernanda discovers a pipe leaking at the rate of L(t) = 0.3t+2 liters/hour, thours after the leak begins. Fernanda doesn't discover the leak until 2 hours after it began. How much water has leaked out to that point? liters (round your answer to the nearest whole number) Suppose the pipe leaks for t hours. The total amount of water leaked can be expressed as W(t) = How long will it be until 38 liters of water will have leaked out of the pipe? (round your answer to the nearest hour)

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On a routine inspection of the water system of Cincinnati, Fernanda discovers a pipe leaking at the rate of
L(t) = 0.3t+2 liters/hour, t hours after the leak begins.
Fernanda doesn't discover the leak until 2 hours after it began. How much water has leaked out to that
point?
liters (round your answer to the nearest whole number)
Suppose the pipe leaks for t hours.
The total amount of water leaked can be expressed as W(t)
How long will it be until 38 liters of water will have leaked out of the pipe?
(round your answer to the nearest hour)
Transcribed Image Text:On a routine inspection of the water system of Cincinnati, Fernanda discovers a pipe leaking at the rate of L(t) = 0.3t+2 liters/hour, t hours after the leak begins. Fernanda doesn't discover the leak until 2 hours after it began. How much water has leaked out to that point? liters (round your answer to the nearest whole number) Suppose the pipe leaks for t hours. The total amount of water leaked can be expressed as W(t) How long will it be until 38 liters of water will have leaked out of the pipe? (round your answer to the nearest hour)
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