Question

A faucet drips 2\3 gallons of water in 10 hours. what is the unit rate of water dripped per day

Answer 1

Answer:

unit rate of water dripped per day is $\dfrac{8}{5}$ or  1.6 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

We fist have to ask ourselves how many 10 hours are in a day— the answer is

$number\:of\:10\:hours\:in\:a\:day=\dfrac{24\:hours}{day} *\dfrac{1}{10\:hours} =\dfrac{12}{5} =2.4$

there are  $\dfrac{12}{5}$ or 2.4 sets of 10-hours in day.

Now the unit rate of water dripped per day is

$\dfrac{2/3\:gallons}{10\:hours}*\dfrac{12}{5} = \dfrac{8}{5} =1.6\:gallons/day$

unit rate of water dripped per day is $\dfrac{8}{5}$ or  1.6 gallons.