A large container holds 5 gallons of water. It begins leaking at a constant rate. After 20 minutes, the container has 3 gallons

Question

2 years ago

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of water left. At what rate is the water leaking? Express your answer as a positive value.

1 answer:

jeka57 [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-12T23:34:21+03:00

The container will take 25 minutes to go from full to empty.

Explanation:

In 15 minutes, the container has lost 3 gallons of water (

5

−

2

=

3

).

Since the leak is at a constant rate, we can determine that every five minutes the container loses one gallon.

So for the container to lose the full 5 gallons will take 25 minutes (

5

×

5

=

25

)