A hot tub has 58 inches of water (w) when it is full. The tub drains at a rate of 7 inches per minute (m): w=
= 58 – 7m.
After you open the drain, how many minutes will it take for the
hot tub to have 23 inches of water remaining?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?