Question

A hose fills a hot tub at a rate of 4.98 gallons per minute how many hours will it take to fill a 273 gallon hot tub

Answer 1

Answer: 0.91 hours.

Step-by-step explanation

Given

• Rate: 4.98 gallons per minute.

,

• Hours to fill 273 gallons.

Procedure

As the rate is 4.98 gallons per minute, then we can build the following relation in order to know the time it will take:

`273gallons\cdot(1minute)/(4.98gallons)=54.82minutes`

Additionally, as we are asked for the hours, we have to convert considering that 1 hour has 60min:

`54.82min\cdot(1hour)/(60min)=0.91hours`