Question

Emilia is filling her pool with water at a rate of 32 gallons per minute. If the pool started with 1250 gallons in it, how many gallons would it contain after Emilia filled it for two hours ?

Answer 1

5090 Gallons

Explanation:

The rate of filling the pool with water is 32 gallons per minute.

Now, Emilia filled the pool for two hours i.e. (2×60) =120 minutes.

Hence, the amount of water filled in the pool after 120 minutes will be

(32×120) =3840 gallons.

If, Emilia started to fill the pool with 1250 gallons in it, then after 120 minutes there will be (1250 +3840) =5090 gallons of water in the pool. (Answer)