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An outdoor spigot at the school has a leak and is dripping water. A student counted eighty drops of water in five minutes and no

ticed that sixty drops of water filled a container to a level of ten milliliters. If the spigot is not fixed and this dripping rate continues, how many liters of water will be wasted in four weeks? Round the answer to the nearest liter. A) 54 liters B) 84 liters C) 96 liters D) 108 liters

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lianna [129]3 years ago

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Answer:

D. 108 liters

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the leak is ;

5 drops = 5 minutes

?= 4 weeks

Find number of hours in 4 weeks

1 week=7days

4 weeks=?--------------cross multiply

4×7=28 days

1 day=24 hours

28 days=?--------------cross multiply

28×24=672 hours

Hour= 60 minutes

672 hours=?

672×60=40320 minutes

Finding the leakage in 4 weeks

80 drops= 5 minutes

?=40320 minutes------------cross multiplication

(40320×80)÷5 =645120 drops

Finding the liters of water wasted in 4 weeks

60 drops of water= 10 milliliters

645120 drops of water=?-------------cross multiply

(645120×10)÷60 =107520 milliliters

But you know

1 milliliter=0.001 liters

107520 milliliters=?-----------cross multiply

107520×0.001

=107.52 liters

=108 liters

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