The height of the water in a fish pond is 42.5 inches. Water is being drained from the pond at a rate of 3.75 inches per minute.
1 answer:
Height of the water after 3 minutes is 31.25 inches
<h3><u>Solution:</u></h3>Given that height of the water in a fish pond is 42.5 inches
Water is being drained from the pond at a rate of 3.75 inches per minute
<em><u>To find: height of the water after 3 minutes</u></em>
According to given information,
Water drained in 1 minute = 3.75 inches
<em><u>So height of the water after 3 minutes is calculated by following steps:</u></em>
1) find how much water is drained in 3 minutes
2) subtract value obtained in step 1 from total height of water in fish pond
<h3><u>Step 1:</u></h3>water is drained in 3 minutes = Water drained in 1 minute x 3
Thus water drained in 3 minutes is 11.25 inches
<h3><u>Step 2:</u></h3>height of the water after 3 minutes = total height of water in fish pond - water drained in 3 minutes
height of the water after 3 minutes = 42.5 - 11.25 = 31.25 inches
Thus height of the water after 3 minutes is 31.25 inches
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