Question

A water pipe is opened at 12:35. Water flows into an emptypool from the pipe at the rate of 2.5 liters per minute. At whattime will the pool be filled with 20 liters of water? Give youranswer in a 12-hour clock format, such as 9:00.hEnter the answerCheck it

Answer 1

Since the water flows at a rate of 2.5 liters per minute then it will take:

`(20)/(2.5)=8`

8 minutes to fill the pool 20 liters.

Therefore the time for this to happen will be at 12:43