Question

Fill in the blank question.

A bathtub contains 6012
gallons of water. When the drain plug is pulled, the tub drains at an average rate of 4.5 gallons per minute. In how many minutes will the amount of water in the bathtub be 24.5 gallons?

Answer 1

1326.78 minutes

Explanation:

We know that the bathtub starts with 6012 gallons of water and that it drains at an average rate of 4.5 gallons per minute. To find how many minutes it will take to reach 24.5 gallons, we can use the formula:

time = (initial amount - final amount) / rate

Plugging in the given values, we get:

time = (6012 - 24.5) / 4.5

Solving for time:

time = 1326.78 minutes

It will take 1326.78 minutes for the bathtub to drain to 24.5 gallons of water.