Question

Raj’s bathtub is clogged and is draining at a rate of 1.5 gallons of water per minute. The table shows that the amount of water remaining in the bathtub, y, is a function of the time in minutes, x, that it has been draining.

A 2-column table with 4 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5. The second column is labeled y with entries 40, 39.25, 38.5, 37.75.
What is the range of this function?

all real numbers such that y ≤ 40
all real numbers such that y ≥ 0
all real numbers such that 0 ≤ y ≤ 40
all real numbers such that 37.75 ≤ y ≤ 40

Answer 1

0 ≤ y ≤ 40

Since the tub starts with 40 gallons and drains at 1.5 gal/min, y decreases from 40 down to 0 (it cannot go below 0), so the possible values are all y between 0 and 40 inclusive.