Determine what type of model best fits the given stituation. Water leaking from a local reservoir at the rate of 500 gallons per hour.

Well, in the local reservoir we have an initial amount of water A.

And per hour, the amount of water in the reservoir decreases by 500 gals.

So after t hours, the amount of water in the reservoir is:

W = A - 500gal*t

This is a linear equation, so the model that fits best in the given situation is a linear model.

Where the only thing that you need to take in mind, is that the domain of this model is restricted:

This is because we can not have a negative amount of water in the reservoir, so the maximum value of t accepted is:

W = 0 = A - 500gal*t

t = A/500 hours

So the domain of this linear relation is:

t ∈ {0h, A/500 }

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