Question

124 7/8 gallons of water drained from a pool in 25 minutes. How much water drained from the pool each minute?

Answer 1

4.995 or 5 gallons because 7/8 is 0.875 which makes it 124.875. Then I did 124.875 divided by 25 which equals 4.995. Then I rounded it to 5 gallons per minute.

Answer 2

4.995 gallons ≈ 5 gallons.

Explanation:

It is given
`124(7)/(8)` gallons of water drained from a pool in 25 minutes.

We will calculate the water drained from the pool each minute.

Therefore, we have to divide
`124(7)/(8)` gallons to 25.

`124(7)/(8)` ÷ 25 =
`(999)/(8* 25)` gallons

=
`(999)/(200)` gallons

=
`4(199)/(200)` gallons or 4.995 gallons rounded to 5 gallons

Therefore, 4.995 gallons water drained from the pool each minute.