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a bathtub that holds 58 gallons of water contains 18 gallons of water. You begin filling it, and after 5 minutes, the tub is full

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To completely fill the bathtub, it would take 8 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total time it takes to fill the bathtub, we need to calculate the rate at which water is being filled. The bathtub has a capacity of 58 gallons and initially has 18 gallons of water. Therefore, the amount of water that needs to be filled is 58 - 18 = 40 gallons.

Since the tub is filled in 5 minutes, we can calculate the rate of filling as 40 gallons / 5 minutes = 8 gallons/minute.

Therefore, it would take 8 minutes to fill the bathtub completely.

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