A dump truck weighs 11.25 tons when empty. A conveyor belt pours sand into the
truck at a constant rate of 14 ton per minute until it is full.

Let t represent the elapsed time in minutes. Let w represent the weight of the truck after t minutes.

Write an equation for w in terms of t.

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kailynn23 kailynn23 · Answer 1 · 2021-03-10T19:13:10+01:00

Answer:

For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables.

We have then:

t: time in minutes

The linear equation that represents the

problem is given by: w (t) = (1/4) t + 11.25

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