Water is flowing out of an artesian spring at a rate of 8 cubic feet per minute. There are 7.5 gallons of water per cubic foot. How many minutes will it take for the water to fill up a 300 gallon tank?
Antworten:
Es wird dauern 5 minutes to fill the tank.
Erläuterung:
As the water is flowing out of the artesian spring at a rate of 8 cubic feet per minute and each cubic foot has 7.5 Gallone
the water is flowing out of the artesian spring at a rate of 8xx7.5=60 gallons per minute.
As the tank can fill up 300 gallon,
it should take 300/60=5 minutes to fill tank.