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A tank holds 1000 l is leaking at a rate of 2.5 l per min. How long will it take to lose 400 l at this rate

User George T
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Since we want it to lose 400 liters, we just do simple division, like this:



(400l)/(2.5l) = 160l


So the answer would be: 160 liters.


Hope this helped! c:

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