Sheleah and her family are planning a trip from Los Angeles, California to Melbourne, Australia. While booking her family's plane tickets, she notices on the itinerary that the airline is offering a sixteen hour straight flight from Los
Angeles to Melbourne on a Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Jet. In an effort to learn more about the capabilities of the Jet,
Sheleah does a little research and stumbles upon the following graph and facts about the Jet's gasoline consumption.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentallet
450,000
122000
400,000
369 250
350,000
316,500
300,000
263.750
250,000
211 000
200.000
Gasoline inJet
(in gallons)
158250
150,000
105 500
100,000
50,000
52.750
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0
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2
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5
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9
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17
Flight Time (in hours)
The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Jet can carry approximately 422,000 gallons of gasoline, making it possible for the
jet to travel 14,430 kilometers before needing to refuel.
Create a linear model that represents the amount of gasoline on the plane, in gallons, as a function of the flight time, in
hours.