At the beginning of a snowstorm, Ashley had 7 inches of snow on her lawn. The snow then began to fall at a constant rate of 3 inches per hour. Assuming no snow was melting, how much snow would Ashley have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall? How much snow would Ashley have on her lawn after t hours of snow falling?

Question

At the beginning of a snowstorm, Ashley had 7 inches of snow on her lawn. The snow then began to fall at a constant rate of 3 inches per hour. Assuming no snow was melting, how much snow would Ashley have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall? How much snow would Ashley have on her lawn after t hours of snow falling?

Answer 1

To answer the first question, we can use the rate at which the snow is falling and the amount of time that has passed.

Since the snow is falling at a constant rate of 3 inches per hour, after 3 hours, Ashley would have accumulated 3 x 3 = 9 inches of snow.

Therefore, Ashley would have 7 + 9 = 16 inches of snow on her lawn after 3 hours.

To answer the second question, we can use the same concept.

We know that the snow is falling at a rate of 3 inches per hour, so after t hours, Ashley would have accumulated 3t inches of snow.

Therefore, Ashley would have 7 + 3t inches of snow on her lawn after t hours of snow falling.

Answer 2

To find out how much snow Ashley would have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall, we can use the formula:

Amount of snow = Initial amount of snow + (Rate of snowfall * Time)

In this case, the initial amount of snow Ashley had on her lawn was 7 inches. The rate of snowfall is 3 inches per hour. And the time is 3 hours.

Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

Amount of snow = 7 + (3 * 3) = 7 + 9 = 16 inches

Therefore, Ashley would have 16 inches of snow on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall.

Now, let's generalize this to find out how much snow Ashley would have on her lawn after t hours of snow falling. We can use the same formula:

Amount of snow = Initial amount of snow + (Rate of snowfall * Time)

In this case, the initial amount of snow Ashley had on her lawn is still 7 inches. The rate of snowfall is still 3 inches per hour. And the time is now t hours.

Plugging in these values, we get:

Amount of snow = 7 + (3 * t) = 7 + 3t

Therefore, Ashley would have 7 + 3t inches of snow on her lawn after t hours of snow falling.

Answer 3

Looks to me like

y = 7+3x

Answer 4

1) after 3 hours of snow, she would 16 inches of snow. [ 7+3(3)=16 ]

2) 3t+17