Question

When Shane got his water bill in January he was shocked he had used 143.43 gallons of water. About how much water did he use each day

Answer 1

Shane used about
`4.63 \:\text{gallons}` per day.

Explanation:

Given: Shane used
`143.43` gallons of water in the month of January.

To find: how much water did he use each day?

Solution:

We have,

Shane used
`143.43` gallons of water in the month of January.

There are total
`31` days in the month of January.

So, water used per day
`=(143.43)/(31)=4.63 \:\text{gallons}`

Hence, Shane used
`4.63 \:\text{gallons}` per day.