Question

If a garden hose can fill up a 5 gallon

container in 3 minutes, then how long
would the garden hose take to fill a 15
gallon container?

Answer 1

9 minutes

Explanation:

We can write a proportion to solve

5 gallons 15 gallons

-------------- = ---------------

3 minutes x minutes

Using cross products

5x = 3*15

5x = 45

Divide by 5

5x/5 = 45/5

x = 9