Pear Inventory At a pear packaging plant, 50,000 lbs of fresh Bartlett pears are pro...

Pear Inventory At a pear packaging plant, 50,000 lbs of fresh Bartlett pears are processed and packed each hour. The table below shows the diminishing inventory of pears over the hour. Remaining pears are sent to another part of the facility for processing.

a. Write a linear model for the data in the table.

b. How many pears are left in inventory after half an hour?

c. How many pears will be sent for further processing?