Question

An indoor water park has two giant buckets that slowly fill with 1000 gallons of water before dumping it on the people below. One bucket dumps water every 18 minutes. The other bucket dumps water every 16 minutes. It is currently 2:45 P.M. And both buckets dumped water 15 minutes ago. Find the next two times that both buckets dump water at the same time.

Answer 1

Answer:

The next two times both buckets dump water at the same time are 4:54 P.M and 7:18 P.M.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, one bucket dumps water every 18 minutes, say bucket A;

and the other bucket dumps water every 16 minutes, say bucket B.

Also, It is currently 2:45 P.M. and both buckets dumped water 15 minutes ago,

that is, both buckets dumped water at 2:30 P.M.

For bucket A, the next times it will dump water will be:

2:48 P.M, 3:06 P.M, 3:24 P.M, 3:42 P.M, 4:00 P.M, 4:18 P.M, 4:36 P.M, 4:54 P.M, 5:12 P.M, 5:30 P.M, 5:48 P.M, 6:06 P.M, 6:24 P.M, 6:42 P.M, 7:00 P.M, 7:18 P.M, 7:36 P.M, 7:54 P.M, 8:12 P.M, 8:30 P.M etc.

For bucket B, the next times it will dump water will be:

2:46 P.M, 3:02 P.M, 3:18 P.M, 3:34 P.M, 3:50 P.M, 4:06 P.M, 4:22 P.M, 4:38 P.M, 4:54 P.M, 5:10 P.M, 5:26 P.M, 5:42 P.M, 5:58 P.M, 6:14 P.M, 6:30 P.M, 6:46 P.M, 7:02 P.M, 7:18 P.M, 7:34 P.M, 7:50 P.M etc.

From above, we observe that the next two times both buckets dump water at the same time are 4:54 P.M and 7:18 P.M.

Hence, the next two times both buckets dump water at the same time are 4:54 P.M and 7:18 P.M.