Question

A barrel contained 60 gallons of water. water leaked out of the barrel at a rate of 5 gallonsevery 3 days.at this rate, how many days did it take for all 60 gallons of water to leak out of the barrel

Answer 1

the answer is 4 because 5x12=60 and divide 12 by 3 it’ll be 4

Answer 2

36 days. Basically 60/5=12 so there are 12 of 5 gallons in 60 gallons and each 5 gallons take three days to leak out so basically 12x3=36.