Question

A lake near the Artic Circle is covered by a 2-meter-think sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a constant rate. After 3 weeks, the sheet is only 1.25 meters thick. How long will it take for the ice sheet to completley melt?

Equation:

Function:

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The required function formula is,

S(t) = 2 - 0.25 t

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, the initial thickness of the ice sheet = 2 meters,

After 3 weeks, the thickness of ice sheet = 1.25 meters

Total changes in the thickness in 3 weeks = 2 - 1.25 = 0.75 meters,

⇒ Total changes in the thickness in 1 weeks = 0.75/3 = 0.25 meters,

Since, the ice is melting with the constant rate.

⇒ The rate of ice decreasing = 0.25 meters per week.

⇒ Total changes in t weeks = 0.25 t meters

The new thickness of ice after t weeks = Initial thickness - Total changes in t weeks.

⇒ S(t) = 2 - 0.25 t

Which is the required function's formula.