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Assume it takes 5.00 minutes to fill a 50.0-gal gasoline tank. (1 U.S. gal = 231 in.3).

Calculate the rate at which the tank is filled in cubic meters per second.

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(50 gal / 5 min) x (.0037854 m³/gal) x (1 min / 60 sec)

= (50 · 0.0037854 · 1) / (5 · 60) m³/sec

= 0.000631 m³/sec
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