Question

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Jackson and his sister ran a hose from a bucket into their swimming pool. The hose sprays 1/3 of a gallon from the bucket every second. The bucket started with 32 gallons of water. How long will it take to empty the bucket?

Answer 1

96 seconds

Explanation:

In order to find how long it will take to empty the bucket, you must multiply the number of gallons by the reciprocal of the fraction.

1. Reciprocal of
`(1)/(3)` is
`(3)/(1)` which is 3

2. multiply 32 by 3 to get your answer, 96.

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