Question

Whitney works at an aquarium. She uses hoses of different sizes to fill the fish tanks. Hose A takes 16 min to fill a 160-gal tank. Hose B takes 30 min to fill a 240-gal tank.

Which hose fills at a faster rate?
Choose one option from each drop-down menu to answer the question.
Hose A fills at a rate of Choose... 0.1, 10, 144, 160 gal per min.
Hose B fills at a rate of Choose... 0.125, 8, 210, 240 gal per min.
Hose Choose... A or B fills at a faster rate.

Answer 1

Hose A=10 gal per min

Hose B=8 gal per min

Hose A is faster

Explanation:

A) 160 gallon/16 minutes=10 gallons per minute

B) 240 gallon/30 minutes=8 gallons per minute

Answer 2

Hose A fills at a rate of 10 gal per min

Hose B fills at a rate of 8 gal per min

Hose B fills at a faster rate

Explanation: