Question

a pool drained at a rate of 15 gallons every 2 minutes.How many cups of water drained out of the pool each second?

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is 0.125 cups.

Explanation:

First, you need to find the unit rate of the draining.

7.5 gallons = one minute

Divide 7.5 by 60 seconds

After dividing, you should get 0.125 cups of water per second.

Therefore, the pool drained at a rate of 0.125 cups every second.

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