Question

A scientist collected 7 water samples from local streams. Each sample was the same size, and he collected 8.8 liters of water in all. To the nearest thousandth of a liter, what was the volume of each water sample?

Answer 1

The volume collected from each stream is 1.257 L.

Explanation:

Let the scientist collect x amount of sample from each stream.

Therefore, the total amount of sample collected from the 7 streams=7x

According, to the given condition the total water collected is 8.8 liters

`7x=8.8`

`x=(8.8)/(7)`

x=1.257 L