Question

A washing machine is filling up with water at a constant rate. The rate is Three-fourths of a gallon in 1 over 5 of a minute. Don calculated the unit rate to be 3 over 20 of a gallon per minute. What did he do wrong?

Answer 1

Answer:

What he did wrong is that he multiplied the denominator wrong. it is supposed to be a 15. Don should re-calculate it to 3 over 15 of a gallon per minute.

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Answer 2

Answer:

First, you have to see how many gallons fill in a minute, obviously, so take 3/4 and divide it by 1/5, which gives 15/4. so you can see, don multiplied the two numbers instead of dividing, which is what he did wrong.Step-by-step explanation:

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