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The capacity of a small children's swimming pool is 105 gallons of water. There

are currently 15 gallons of water in the pool. You are filling the pool with
water at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. How many minutes until the pool is
full?

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Answer:

11.25 minutes

Explanation:

The capacity of the swimming pool is 105 gallons of water.

There are currently 15 gallons of water

∴I need to fill (105-15) = 90 gallons of water

Now,

8 gallons of water are filled within 1 minute

∴1 gallon of water will be filled within = 1/8 minute

∴90 gallons of water will be filled within = 90/8 minutes

=11.25 minutes

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