ME A Pound of Tea
POW ID: 4087
Problem
Print
Jonathan and Hazel love to drink tea When they are both at home, a pound of tea last two weeks
Occasionally Hazel visits her mother in Australia. It takes six weeks for Jonathan alone to use up a pound
oftea
How long should a pound of tea last Hazel if she were alone?
Extra
Extra: In 2006 Hazel visited her mother for six weeks in the spring. In the summer Jonathan gave up
drinking tea for six weeks. Their favorite tea costs $9.00 per pound. About how much did the couple spend
on tea during the year?

Time (minutes) amount of water (gallons) practice 1. jin fills up a 510-gallon pool in the backyard for her children. she fills it with the garden hose at a rate of 17 gallons per minute. after it is filled, she lets it sit for 30 minutes in order to let the water temperature rise. the children then get in and have fun for an hour. the pool loses about 5 gallon of water each minute due to their splashing and playing. at the end of the hour, they tear the pool while getting out, which causes a leak the pool then begins to lose water at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. a. complete the table to show the amount of water in the pool after each minute. b. create a graph to model the problem situation. include when the pool will be empty. c. write a piecewise function that models this problem situation. explain your reasoning for each piece of the function. d. identify the x- and y-intercept. explain what they mean in terms of the problem situation, atamantha a cul 80 100 120 150 200 ning, inc