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3.3 Exercise 64

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A driver of a car stopped at a gas station to fill up their gas tank. They looked at their watch, and the time read exactly 3:40 p.m. At this time, they started pumping gas into the tank. At exactly 3:44, the tank was full and the driver noticed that they had pumped 10.7 gallons. What is the average rate of flow of the gasoline into the gas tank?

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 3.3 Rates of Change and Behavior of Graphs, exercise 64

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