Question

A swimming pool has 500 gallons of water in it and is leaking. The change in the amount of water in the pool is -3 gallons per hour. How many gallons of water will the pool contain after 6 hours?​

Answer 1

Answer:it will be -18 gallons

Explanation:

Answer 2

482 gallons

Explanation:

if the total amount in the pool is 500 gallons and it is leaking at -3 gallons per hour then we can solve for how much it has lost in 6 hours by using this equation:

-3(amount loss per hour) x 6(number of hours)= -18

Now we do 500(total)-18(amount lost in 6 hours)= 482 gallons

Which means there are 482 gallons of water left after 6 hours.