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A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by a thick sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a rate of 0.2 meters per week. After 7 weeks, the sheet is only 2.4 meters thick.
Let y represent the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after x weeks.

Complete the equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks.
y=_____

Answer :

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The equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks is y = 3.8 - 0.2x

How to write equation?

  • Ice lost per week = 0.2 meters
  • Ice remaining after 7 weeks = 2.4 meters
  • Number of weeks = x
  • Relationship between the thickness and number of weeks = y

Ice lost at 7 weeks = 7(0.2) = 1.4 meters

Total thickness of ice before loss = Ice remaining after 7 weeks + Ice lost at 7 weeks

= 2.4 + 1.4

= 3.8 meters

The equation:

y = Total thickness of ice before loss - (Ice lost per week × Number of weeks)

= 3.8 - (0.2 × x)

y = 3.8 - 0.2x

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