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if a bathtub can hold 80 gallons of water. The faucet flows at the rate of 5 gallons every 3 minutes. what percentage of the tub will be filled after 12 minutes
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if a bathtub can hold 80 gallons of water. The faucet flows at the rate of 5 gallons every 3 minutes. what percentage of the tub will be filled after 12 minutes

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In 12 minutes there will be 20 gallons of water.

80/5=16

It will take 16 TOTAL minutes to fill the tub.
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