Question

bucket a starts with 2 gallons of water in it and is being filled with water at a rate of 0.5 gallons per minute. Bucket b starts with 14 gallons of water and is leaking water at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute. when will the buckets have the same amount of water?

Answer 1

Bucket A will empty in 4 minutes.  Bucket B will still have 8 gallons of water after 4 minutes.