Question

Gerald’s bucket lost a total of 8/5 in. of water when the hot summer sun came out. He estimated

that he lost 2/15 in. an hour. How many hours did it take Gerald to lost 8/5 in. of water?

Answer 1

It took 12 hours to lose the water.

Solution-

The total amount of water lost from Gerald’s bucket is
`(8)/(5)` inch

The amount of water he estimated to be lost in a single hour is
`(2)/(15)` inch

Dividing the total water lost by water lost per hour, we can get the the total number of hours it took to lose the water.

`\text{Number of hours}=((8)/(5))/((2)/(15))=(8)/(5)* (15)/(2)=4* 3=12`

Therefore, it took 12 hours to lose the water.