Owners of a recreation area are filling a small pond with water. Let y represent the total amount of water in the pond (in liters). Let x represent the total number of minutes that water has been added. Suppose that x and y are related by the equation y=400+32x . Answer the questions below. Note that a change can be an increase or a decrease. For an increase, use a positive number. For a decrease, use a negative number. What is the change per minute in the amount of water in the pond? What was the starting amount of water in the pond?

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets start by defining the numbers in the equation.

This  equation is in slope-intercept form meaning that it is y=mx+b or y = b+mx they are both the same

In slope-intercept form,

Th equation is y=400+32x so now we know

For the first question the change per minute is the rate so it is 32.

For the second question the starting amount is the same as the y-intercept so it is 400.

the discriminant is 64 + 4*1*12 = 112

this is prime.

step-by-step explanation:

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for