Final answer:
The rate at which the pail is collecting water is 2\/5 inches per minute, calculated by dividing the amount of water collected by the time it takes to collect that amount and simplifying the fraction.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking about the rate at which a pail collects water during a rainstorm.
To find the rate, we need to divide the amount of water collected by the time it takes to collect that amount.
In this case, the pail collects 1\/3 inch of water in 5\/6 of a minute.
By dividing the amount of water (1\/3 inch) by the time (5\/6 minute), we get the rate in inches per minute:
Rate = Amount of Water \/ Time = (1\/3) \/ (5\/6) inches per minute.
To simplify, we multiply by the reciprocal of the denominator:
Rate = (1\/3) \* (6\/5) = 6\/15 = 2\/5 inches per minute.
Therefore, the pail is collecting water at a rate of 2\/5 inches per minute.