A person needs to fill 12 water jugs with a hose. Filling the first 4 jugs has taken 5 minutes. How long to finish filling the r

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A person needs to fill 12 water jugs with a hose. Filling the first 4 jugs has taken 5 minutes. How long to finish filling the r

emaining jugs?

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Brrunno [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-02T18:44:24+03:00

Brrunno [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

10 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

If it takes them 5 minutes to fill four jugs, then they have 8 left. Since 8/4=2, and 2*5=10, it will take them 10 minutes to fill the rest of the jugs.

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