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A large container holds 5 gallons of water. It begins leaking at a constant rate. After 15 minutes, the container has 2 gallons of water left. Part 1 At what rate is the water leaking? Express your answer as a positive value. 1 The water is leaking at the rate of gal/min. 5 Part 2 out of 2 How many minutes will it take for the container to go from full to empty? The container will be empty after minutes. ​

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Answer:

.2 Gallons a minute

.2G/1m

25minutes until empty

Explanation:

so the container lost 3 gallons in 15 minutes after that you changed it to how many minutes it took to lose 1 gallon by doing 15/3= 5

Now that you know 5/1 you divid 1/5 for an answer of 1/5 or .2 gallons a minute.

now you know that part two is easy

5/.2=25 which is the amount of times .2 gallon has to be removed from five and happens to also be the amount of minutes due to your solve from earlier.

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