Question

A. Assume that you left a large measuring cup under the leaking faucet from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the next morning.

In the morning, you find the measuring cup filled to the 3-cup mark. Now assume you put a large empty pot under the faucet. Fill in measurements every two hours over a 24-hour period.

Answer 1

To fill in the measurements every two hours over a 24-hour period, the measuring cup would be filled to 1 cup at 8:00 a.m., 2 cups at 10:00 a.m., 3 cups at 12:00 p.m., and so on until 9 cups at 10:00 p.m.

Step-by-step explanation:

To fill in the measurements every two hours over a 24-hour period, we can start by noting that the measuring cup was filled to the 3-cup mark by 6:00 a.m.

So, at 8:00 a.m., it would be 1 cup full. At 10:00 a.m., it would be 2 cups full. At 12:00 p.m., it would be 3 cups full. And so on until 6:00 p.m., where it would be 7 cups full.

At 8:00 p.m., it would be 8 cups full. Finally, at 10:00 p.m., it would be 9 cups full before starting the cycle again.