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A 2400 gallon pool is being filled at a rate of 40 gallons per minute. At this rate, how many minutes will it take to fill this pool 1/2 full?
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A 2400 gallon pool is being filled at a rate of 40 gallons per minute. At this rate, how many minutes will it take to fill this pool 1/2 full?

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2400/2 to find out half of the pool size then divide by 40 to find out how fast it's filling up per minute.

30 gallons per minute
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after 30 minutes the pool will be half full
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