Question

At the beginning of a snowstorm, Sydney had 11 inches of snow on her lawn. The

snow then began to fall at a constant rate of 0.5 inches per hour. Assuming no snow
was melting, how much snow would Sydney have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow
began to fall? How much snow would Sydney have on her lawn after t hours of snow

Answer 1

Snow after 3 hours: 12.5

Snow after t hours: 11+0.5t

Answer 2

12.5in.

x=.5t+11

Explanation:

First of all, create the equation so you can solve both questions at once. We know that Sydney had eleven inches of snow on her lawn, and it doesn't dissapear, so it starts with x=11. Then every hour she gets .5 inches per hour, and the amount of hours is t, so that will translate to .5t. that makes the equation x=.5t+11. To find out how much she would have in three hours, substitute 3 for t, which which goes like this: x=.5(3)+11

x=1.5+11

x=12.5