Sheleah and her family are planning a trip from Los Angeles, California to Melbourne, Australia. While booking her family's plane tickets, she notices on the itinerary that the airline is offering a sixteen hour straight flight from Los
Angeles to Melbourne on a Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Jet. In an effort to learn more about the capabilities of the Jet,
Sheleah does a little research and stumbles upon the following graph and facts about the Jet's gasoline consumption.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Jet
у
450,000
422,000
400.000
369 250
350,000
316,500
300,000
Gasoline in Jet (in gallons)
263,750
250,000
211.000
200,000
158,250
150,000
105,500
100.000
50.000
52,750
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9
10
11
16
17
12 13 14 15
Flight Time (in hours)
The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Jet can carry approximately 422,000 gallons of gasoline, making it possible for the
jet to travel 14,430 kilometers before needing to refuel.
Use a linear model to predict the amount of gasoline that is present on the Jet after it has been in flight for 18 hours
without stopping to refuel. In two or more complete sentences, explain your answer.