Question

A person needs to fill 20 water jugs with a hose. Fill in the first two jugs has taken three minutes. How long to finish filling the remaining jugs?

Answer 1

30 minutes

Explanation:

20 jugs total,

2 of the 20 jugs have been filled in 3 minutes.

3(minutes)/2(per two jugs)

Since we figured out the ratio, multiply this ratio by the total amount of jugs:

3/2 x 20

= 30 minutes