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A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by a hh-meter-thick sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a constant rate. After tt weeks, the sheet is only dd meters thick. Let TT represent the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after tt weeks. Complete the equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks.

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Q. A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by a hh-meter-thick sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the warm air gradually melts the ice, causing its thickness to decrease at a constant rate. After tt weeks, the sheet is only dd meters thick. Let TT represent the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after tt weeks. Complete the equation for the relationship between the thickness and number of weeks.
  1. Identify initial thickness: First, we need to identify the initial thickness of the ice sheet and how much it has decreased after a certain number of weeks. However, the problem statement is missing specific numerical values for the initial thickness, the thickness after a certain number of weeks, and the number of weeks that have passed. Without these values, we cannot calculate the rate of decrease or complete the equation.

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