A swimming pool had 500 gallons left in it over the winter….

A swimming pool had 500 gallons left in it over the winter. The capacity of the pool is 3000 gallons and in the spring it is filled with water at a rate of  8 gallons per minute. If the function V(x)=mx+b gives the volume of the pool as a function of time, then what is the value of m?

The County Commissioner would like to understand how the num…

The County Commissioner would like to understand how the number of vacant properties influences property crime. Towns D and F provide the following data. Make sure to label and address each of the questions in the space below: a. What type of data are you provided (cross sectional, panel, time series, etc)? Briefly justify your answer. (3 points) b. Identify the independent and dependent variables, based on the County Commissioner’s prompt. (2 Points) c. Below is the correlation between Number of Vacant Properties (VACANT) and Number of Property Crimes (PROP). Describe both the strength and direction of the relationship between these two variables. State the nature of this relationship in plain language. (4 Points)