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A bathtub holds 42 gallons of water filling at a rate of 4 gallons per minute how long will it take to fill a tub?

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Answer:

10 minutes 30 seconds

Explanation:

begin by dividing the overall size of the tub by the amount of gallons per minute.

42/4=10.5

This means that in 10.5 minutes the tub would be full. .5 is half and half of one minute is 30 seconds.

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