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Equation: y= -0.25x+1 After how many minutes is the timer 25% full?

Equation: y= -0.25x+1 After how many minutes is the timer 25% full?
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Equation: y= -0.25x+1
After how many minutes is the timer 25% full?

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User Toren
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Answer: 3 minutes

To solve this, I plugged 0.25 into the y value since it represents the amount of sand remaining. I then solved for the x value which gave me a value of 3. (I hope this helps)
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