Many of the following problems can be modeled with a linear equation. Analyze them a...

Many of the following problems can be modeled with a linear equation. Analyze them and identify what quantities the variables x and y represent. The information provided in the problems is adequate to determine a point and a slope or two points on the line.

The 10 o’clock evening news forecast steadily falling snow later that night. Sure enough, 2 inches had fallen at 6 a.m. when Andy went out to get the paper. When he left for work at 8 o’clock, inches had fallen. By noon, the snow was 10 inches deep.

Plot a graph of these points and connect them to form a graph. Use the graph to estimate the time the snow started falling.