Question

Wastewater is filling barrels at the rate of 13 quarts per hour. The recycling facility picks up 96 full barrels on each trip, and each barrel holds 30 quarts of wastewater. How many days are between each pickup? Show your work to receive full credit.

Answer 1

The total number of barrels on each trip=96
amount of quarts per barrel=30
The total amount of barrels picked on each trip will be:
96*30=2,880 quarts
The number of days required to pickup the barrels will be:
[total number of barrels]/[rate]
2880/13
=221.54 hours
but
1 day=24 hours
thus;
221.54 hrs=221.54/24 days=9.23 days