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  • 02-10-2016
  • Mathematics
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a broken pipe was leaking water at the rate of 2 gal every 5 min. it took 23 min to stop the leak. how many gallons of water were wasted

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MahmoudMlouk MahmoudMlouk
  • 03-10-2016
Leaking water has the rate of 2 gal per 5 minutes which is the same as :
2 gal ÷ 5 minutes = 0.4 gal/minute
Then we multiply it by the number of minutes which is 23 as follows :
0.4 gal/minute × 23 minutes = 9.2 galons wasted during the 23 minutes
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