A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the ice starts to melt.S models the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after t weeks.S=−0.25t+4What is the ice sheet's thickness at the beginning of spring?
Q. A lake near the Arctic Circle is covered by sheet of ice during the cold winter months. When spring arrives, the ice starts to melt.S models the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) after t weeks.S=−0.25t+4What is the ice sheet's thickness at the beginning of spring?
Identify Equation: Identify the given equation and what it represents.The equation S=−0.25t+4 models the ice sheet's thickness (S, in meters) after t weeks. We need to find the thickness at the beginning of spring, which corresponds to the time t=0 weeks.
Substitute t=0: Substitute t=0 into the equation to find the thickness of the ice at the beginning of spring.S=−0.25(0)+4
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation.S=0+4S=4 meters
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