Question

2. A faucet for a 30-gallon bathtub fills at a rate of 3 gallons per minute.

Answer 1

Answer:

20

Step-by-step explanation:

Knowing that it is a 30-gallon bathtub.

And it fills at a rate of 3 gallons per minute.

But also drains 1.5 gallons per minute.

So this is for the first minute.

3 - 1.5 = 1.5

So there will be 1.5 gallons of water in the tub after the first minute.

Now do,

30 ÷ 1.5 = 20

It will take 20 full minutes for the bathtub to fill up.