Question

A leaking pond loses 20 gallons of water in 49 hours. How many gallons of water will it lose in 5 hours? Round to one decimal place

Answer 1

Answer:

12.25

Explanation

49/20 (which is the same as (49÷20)) =2.45

Multiply 2.45 by the amount of hours (5)

$2.45 \times 5 = 12.25$

=12.25

Answer 2

Answer:it will lose 2 gallons of water in 5 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

A leaking pond loses 20 gallons of water in 49 hours. This means that the number of gallons of water that the pond will leak in one hour would be

20/49 gallons per hour.

Therefore, the number of gallons of water that the pond will lose in 5 hours would be

20/49 × 5 = 2.0408 gallons

Rounding to one decimal place, it becomes 2 gallons