Question

A garden hose sprays water at 0.4 gallon per second. how much water does it spray in 24 seconds

Answer 1

There’s 0.4 in a second then in 24 seconds then you would multiply 0.4x24= which is
9.6 gallons of water.

Answer 2

9.6 gallons of water is sprayed in 24 seconds.

Solution:

Given that,

The amount of water sprayed per second by the garden hose = 0.4

To find: The amount of water sprayed in 24 seconds.

Assume that the amount of water sprayed in 24 seconds as x.

In order to find the quantity of water sprayed in a specified time, we have to multiply the amount of water sprayed in a second with the given time.

Therefore,

`x = amount of water sprayed per second * given time`

`x = 0.4 * 24`

`x=9.6 gallons`

i.e. approximately,
`9.6* 3.79 = 36.384 l`