Katherine has a fish tank shaped like a triangular prism in her living room. The triangle that forms the base of the tank has a base of 24 inches and a height of 20 inches. The entire tank is 36 inches tall. What volume of water is needed to fill the tank if the tank is only filled to 6 inches below the top?

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

--- base of the tank base

--- height of the tank base

--- height of the tank

Required:

Determine the volume of water needed for 6 inches below the top

First, calculate the area of the tank base.

If the tank is filled 6 inches below the top, this means that the height of the water is H - 6.

So, the volume is:

Substitute 240 for Area and 36 for H

let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1