Question

Two water heater tanks are leaking.Tank A has leaked 1/16 of a gallon in 1/12 minute, and Tank B has leaked 3/80 of a gallon in 1/30 minute. Which tank is leaking faster? NEED HELP.

Answer 1

Given that Tank A has leaked 1/16 of a gallon in 1/12 minute, then in 1 minute, Tank A has leaked


`(1)/(16) / (1)/(12) = (1)/(16) *12= (3)/(4) \ gallons`

Given that Tank B has leaked 3/80 of a gallon in 1/30 minute, then in 1 minute, Tank A has leaked


`(3)/(80) / (1)/(30) = (3)/(80) *30= (9)/(8) \ gallons.`

Thus, in 1 minute tank A has leaked less than 1 gallon while tank B has leaked more than 1 gallon.

Therefore, Tank B is leaking faster.