Question

If Malik fills a pool with water, and it takes 1/4 hour to fill the pool with 180 gallons of water, what is the unit rate in gallons of water per hour?

A180/1 gallons per hour
B) 180/4 gallons per hour
C) 1/180 gallons per hour
D) 4/180 gallons per hour

Answer 1

To find the unit rate in gallons of water per hour, divide the number of gallons by the time in hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the unit rate in gallons of water per hour, we need to convert the given time of 1/4 hour to hours. Since there are 4 quarters in an hour, 1/4 hour is equivalent to 1/4 x 1/4 = 1/16 of an hour.

Given that it takes 1/16 hour to fill the pool with 180 gallons of water, we can now calculate the unit rate. We divide the number of gallons (180) by the time in hours (1/16) to find the unit rate in gallons per hour:

180 / (1/16) = 180 x 16 = 2880 gallons per hour.