Question

A pipe is leaking at the rate of 40 fluid ounces per minute. Use dimensional analysis to find out how many gallons the pipe is leaking per hour. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

To convert the rate of leakage from fluid ounces per minute to gallons per hour, multiply the rate of leakage by (128/60).

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many gallons the pipe is leaking per hour, we first need to convert the rate of leakage from fluid ounces per minute to gallons per hour.

To perform the conversion, you would multiply the number of inches you have by the number of centimeters that correspond to one inch

There are 128 fluid ounces in a gallon and 60 minutes in an hour. So, to convert from fluid ounces per minute to gallons per hour, we can multiply the rate of leakage by (128/60).

Therefore, the pipe is leaking at a rate of approximately (40 * 128/60) gallons per hour.