At the beginning of a snowstorm, Kaj had 7 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 Kaj have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall? How much snow would Kaj have on her lawn after tt hours of snow falling?
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 6
Snow on lawn after 3 hours:
Snow on lawn after tt hours:
At the beginning of a snowstorm, Kaj had 7 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 Kaj have on her lawn 3 hours after the snow began to fall? How much snow would Kaj have on her lawn after tt hours of snow falling?
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 6
Snow on lawn after 3 hours:
Snow on lawn after tt hours:
To find the amount of snow on Kaj's lawn after 3 hours, we need to calculate the snowfall during those 3 hours and add it to the initial amount of snow.
Snowfall during 3 hours = 0.5 inches/hour * 3 hours = 1.5 inches
Snow on lawn after 3 hours = 7 inches + 1.5 inches = 8.5 inches
Therefore, Kaj would have 8.5 inches of snow on her lawn after 3 hours.
To find the amount of snow on Kaj's lawn after tt hours, we can use the same logic. The snowfall during tt hours would be 0.5 inches/hour * tt hours.
Snow on lawn after tt hours = 7 inches + 0.5 inches/hour * tt hours = 7 + 0.5tt
Therefore, Kaj would have 7 + 0.5tt inches of snow on her lawn after tt hours.