Question

Water runs from a pump at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute. At this rate, how long would it take to fill a tub with a 150-gallon capacity?

a. 10 minutes
b. 100 minutes
c. 225 minutes
d, 2,250 minutes

Answer 1

It would take 100 minutes to fill a 150-gallon tub when water runs at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute. The calculation is simply the total gallon capacity (150) divided by the rate (1.5 gallons/min).

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how long it would take to fill a tub with a 150-gallon capacity when water runs from a pump at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute, we need to divide the total gallons of the tub by the rate at which the water is pumped. The calculation is as follows:

Time to fill = Total Capacity / Rate

Time to fill = 150 gallons / 1.5 gallons per minute = 100 minutes.

So, at this rate it would take 100 minutes to fill the tub. This is the correct answer which corresponds to option b.