Question

A jetliner uses 3,600 gallons of fuel per hour while it is cruising, and there are 15,000 gallons of fuel in the jetliner's fuel tank when it begins to cruise. If y represents the amount of fuel, in thousands of gallons, remaining in the fuel tank after the jetliner cruises for x hours, determine the graph of the solution set for this situation and the equation modeled by the graph.

Answer 1

Answer:

y = 15 - 3.6x

Step-by-step explanation:

A jetliner uses 3,600 gallons of fuel per hour while it is cruising, and there are 15,000 gallons of fuel in the jetliner's fuel tank when it begins to cruise. If y represents the amount of fuel, in thousands of gallons, remaining in the fuel tank after the jetliner cruises for x hours, determine the graph of the solution set for this situation and the equation modeled by the graph.

y = 15 - 3.6x

Time (in Hrs) Fuel Left in Thousand Gallons

0 15

1 11.4

2 7.8

3 4.2

4 0.6