A car has 16 gallons of gasoline in its tank when it starts it's journey. On a long highway trip, gasoline is used at a rate of about 2 gallons per hour. The gallons of gas, "g", remaining in the car’s tank after "t" hours can be modeled by the function:
g( t ) = 16 – 2t
What does g(3) = 10 represent?
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After 3 hours of driving, there are 10 gallons left.
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