The Charleston family has a fish tank holding 10,450 ml of water. The water is leaking at a rate of 270 ml per minute.

Question

The Charleston family has a fish tank holding 10,450 ml of water. The water is leaking at a rate of 270 ml per minute.

Part A: Define the input and output in the given scenario.

Part B: Write a function to model this situation.

Part C: How many liters of water will be left in the tank after 10 minutes.

Answer 1

Part A:

Input: The initial amount of water in the fish tank (10,450 ml), and the rate of water leakage (270 ml per minute)
Output: The amount of water left in the tank after a certain period of time

Part B:
Let's define a function to model this situation. Let "t" represent the time in minutes. The function can be defined as:

f(t) = 10,450 - 270t

Part C:
To find the amount of water left in the tank after 10 minutes, we substitute t = 10 into the function:

f(10) = 10,450 - 270(10)
= 10,450 - 2700
= 7750 ml

Converting ml to liters:
7750 ml = 7.75 liters

So, there will be 7.75 liters of water left in the tank after 10 minutes.