A water pipe took 40 minutes to fill 5 swimming pools, how long would it take to fill 3 such swimming pools?

24

Step-by-step explanation:

It takes 40 / 5 = 8 minutes to fill one pool so it will take 8 * 3 = 24 minutes to fill 3 pools.

part a

x     y

0     8

1     7.5

2     7

3     6.5

4     6

5     5.5  

for every hour i deducted .5 inches from the length of the candle

part b

it is a function because for every x value there is only one y value

part   c

for every x value there is only one y value

x       y

0       8

1       7.6

2       7.2

3       6.8

step-by-step explanation: