A Boeing 747 starts out a long flight with about 57,260 gallons of fuel in its tank. The airplane uses an average of 5 gallons of fuel per mile. Write an equation that models the amount of fuel remaining in the tank over the course of the flight. Graph the equation using a graphing calculator, and then draw the resulting graph on graph paper.
[list=1] [*]Read the problem statement and then reread the problem, determining the known quantities. [*]Identify the slope and the [i]y[/i]-intercept. [*]Graph the equation on your calculator. [*]Draw the resulting graph on graph paper. [/list] This applet is provided by Walch Education as supplemental material for their mathematics programs. Visit [url="http://www.walch.com"]www.walch.com[/url] for more information on their resources.