Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
Water in a Tank Water is leaking out of a tank. The amount of water in the tank
a. Explain what
b. As water leaks out of the tank, is
c. For the first 10 minutes, water is leaking from the tank at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. What do you conclude about the nature of the function
d. After about 10 minutes, the hole in the tank suddenly gets larger, and water begins to leak out of the tank at 12 gallons per minute.
i. Make a graph of
ii. Make a graph of
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