Question

Raul is filling a 55 gallon fish tank with water. there are 18.5 gallons of water in the tank. 2.5 gallons of water flows from the house each minute. how many gallons of water are there in the fish tank after 12 minutes?

Answer 1

48.5 gallons of water in the fish tank after 12 minutes.

Explanation:

We can start by finding the rate at which water is flowing into the tank. If 2.5 gallons of water flows from the house each minute, then the rate of water flowing into the tank is also 2.5 gallons per minute.

To find how many gallons of water are in the tank after 12 minutes, we can multiply the rate at which water is flowing into the tank by the number of minutes:

2.5 gallons/minute * 12 minutes = 30 gallons

Therefore, after 12 minutes, there will be a total of:

18.5 gallons (original amount) + 30 gallons (newly added amount) = 48.5 gallons

So there will be 48.5 gallons of water in the fish tank after 12 minutes.