Question

Terrell has a water purifier for backpacking. It will purify 1 liter of water in 1. minute. How long would it take Terrell to purify enough water for 4 canteens that each hold 750 mL, and two that each hold 1.5 L?

Answer 1

it would take Terrell 6 minutes to purify enough water for all of the canteens.

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the total amount of water that Terrell needs to purify.

For the 4 canteens that hold 750 mL each:

4 canteens x 750 mL/canteen = 3000 mL = 3 L

For the 2 canteens that hold 1.5 L each:

2 canteens x 1.5 L/canteen = 3 L

Total amount of water to purify:

3 L + 3 L = 6 L

Since Terrell's water purifier can purify 1 L of water in 1 minute, we can calculate the total time it would take him to purify 6 L of water:

6 L x 1 minute/L = 6 minutes

Therefore, it would take Terrell 6 minutes to purify enough water for all of the canteens.