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Help please I'm crying over this problem I'm so cnfused

Help please I'm crying over this problem I'm so cnfused-example-1
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Answer:

D. water is draining at a rate of 12gal/min

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

Since we start with 10,080 gallons after 0 minutes pass, we see the next point. Luckily, we are given an exact point of a number between 10,080 and 8640. The difference of those two numbers is 1440, and divide that by 2 to get 720. So we drain 720 per hour. HOWEVER, it says "minutes", so we divide 720 by 60 (hour -> minutes) to get 12.

*The reason I divided by 2 was to get the number of gallons after 1 hour passes*

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