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You are draining your fish aquarium . After 2 minutes there are 6 gallons of water in the aquarium.After 5 minutes the aquarium is empty . Write an equation that represents the volume y(in gallons) of water in the aquarium after x minutes

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Sprout17
If you divide the ratio: 2 min= 6 gallons in half you get:   1 min = 3 gallons

Since we now know that the the aquarium drains at 3 gallons per minute. You can just multiply your X by 5.

y = Gallons
x = Minutes

5y = 15x