Question

A garden hose emits 9 quarts of water in 6 seconds.How long will it take the hose to emit 12 quarts?

Answer 1

8 seconds

Explanation:

9/6=1.5

12/1.5=8

Answer 2

A garden emit 12 quarts of water in 8 second .

Explanation:

Given : A garden hose emits 9 quarts of water in 6 seconds.

To find : How long will it take the hose to emit 12 quarts.

Solution : We have given

A garden emit 9 quarts of water = 6 second.

A garden emit 9 quarts of water =
`(6)/(9)` second.

A garden emit 12 quarts of water =
`(6 * 12)/(9)` second.

A garden emit 12 quarts of water =
`(72)/(9)`.

A garden emit 12 quarts of water = 8 second .

Therefore, A garden emit 12 quarts of water in 8 second .