Question

a water tank is draining at a constant rate if after five minutes the tank is drained by 4.5 gallons what is the rate in gallons per minute at the tank is draining

Answer 1

Answer:

The rate is 0.9 gallon per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we have 4.5 gallons drained in 5 minutes but we are interested in calculating the rate per minute

Let the amount drained per minute be x

4.5 gallons = 5 minutes

x gallon = 1 minute

Let’s cross multiply;

x * 5 = 4.5 * 1

5x = 4.5

x = 4.5/5

x = 0.9 gallons