Question

Container A has 200 Liters of water, and is being filled at a rate of 6 liter per minute. Container B has 500 Liters of water, and is being drained at a rate of 6 liters per minute. How many minutes will it take for both containers to have the same amount of water.

Answer 1

Answer:

25 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

let x represent total time when both containers to have the same amount of water.

the equation to represent container A = 200 + 6x

the equation to represent container B = 500 - 6x

Because both containers would have the same amount of water,  the two equations would be equal to each other

200 + 6x = 500 - 6x

collect like terms

12x = 300

x = 300/12

x = 25 minutes