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The drain in your 45-gallon bathtub is partially clogged a particially clogged, but you need to take a shower. The shower head had a flow rate of 2.25 gallons per minute. What is the longest shower you can take?

User Kwoxer
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Answer:

20 mintue shower

Explanation:

45 divided by 2.25 = 20

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User Brett Weber
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Answer:

20 minutes.

Explanation:

We have been given that the drain in your 45-gallon bathtub is partially clogged a partially clogged, but you need to take a shower. The shower head had a flow rate of 2.25 gallons per minute.

We will use rate formula to solve our given problem.


\text{Work rate}=\frac{\text{Amount of work}}{\text{Time}}


\text{Time}=\frac{\text{Amount of work}}{\text{Work rate}}


\text{Time}=\frac{45\text{ Gallons}}{\frac{\text{2.25 Gallons}}{\text{Minute}}}


\text{Time}=\frac{45\text{ Gallons}}{\text{2.25 Gallons}}* \text{Minute}


\text{Time}=(45)/(2.25)* \text{Minute}


\text{Time}=20 \text{ Minutes}

Therefore, you can take a shower for 20 minutes at most.

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