Homework Help: algebra

Posted by Toni on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 3:12pm.

Snowfall Suppose 5 inches of snow fall before noon
and 2 inches per hour fall thereafter until 10 P.M.
(a) Write a formula that calculates the snowfall S in
inches, x hours past noon.
(b) Use your formula to calculate the total snowfall
at 8 P.M.
(c) How much snow had fallen at 6:15 P.M.?

algebra - Steve, Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 8:05pm
s = 5 + 2x 0 <= x <= 10

plug in x=8 or x=6.25 for the other parts.

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