Question

Archimedes drained the water in his tub.

Answer 1

Answer:

  a)  1/4 minute

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the time using a proportion. It took 5 minutes to drain the entire 360 liters, so we can write the proportion as ...

  time/volume = (5 min)/(360 L) = t/(18 L)

Multiplying by 18 L gives ...

  t = (18/360)(5 min) = (5/20) min = 1/4 min

It took 1/4 minute to drain each 18 liters.