Answer:
• The water bottle loses 0.5 an ounce of water per minute
Step-by-step explanation:
The definition of the variables tells you that m stands for minutes and that W stands for the water remaining in the bottle. So, the -0.5m in the equation has the effect of reducing the remaining water by 0.5 each time m increases by 1. That is, there are 0.5 fewer ounces of water after each additional minute: the bottle loses 0.5 ounces per minute.