Question

The side of an oil tanker is ripped open during an accident at sea. Oil starts leaking out of the ship at the rate of 60 barrels per minute. How many barrels worth of oil will have leaked out of the ship after 1 hour ?

Answer 1

3600 barrels

Explanation:

Step one

Given data

We are told that the rate of leakage is

60 barrels per minute

time = 1 hours= 60 minute

Required

The quantity of the oil that leaked after time = 1 hour= 60 minutes

Step two:

From

Rate=Quantity/time

Quantity= rate*time

Quantity= 60*60

Quantity= 3600 barrels