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A pump will pump 125 gallons per minute. How long will it take to empty a 12,000 gallon tank?

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12,000 / 125 = 9.6.

By using that, we can infer that:

If we pump 125 gallons per minute for 9.6 minutes, we can empty the entire 12,000 gallon tank.

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