62.9k views
5 votes
if a bathtub is being filled at a rate of 2.5 gallons per minute, how long will it take to fill the bathtub?

User LeroyJr
by
6.4k points

2 Answers

1 vote

Answer:

Let x = number of minutes

( 2.5 liters/min )*(x) = 30 liters

x = (30 liters) / (2.5 liters/min)

x = 30/2.5 min [note how liters cancel]

x = 12 min

Check:

Is 2.5*12 = 30 ?

30 = 30 ?yes


User Kunruh
by
6.6k points
4 votes

You need say how big the bathtub it is or you cant do it.

type the rest and ill try to answer it

User Culturalanomoly
by
6.4k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.