Question

A camel can drink 15 gallons of water in 10 minutes. At this rate, how much water can the camel drink in 6 minutes?

Answer 1

10:15

15/10

15/10*6/1=9 gallons

We take the ratio times the minutes to get the answer!

Hope this is helpful!

Answer 2

9 gallons of water

Explanation:

Given,

A camel drinks water in 10 minutes = 15 gallons

So,

Water drank by the camel in 1 minute =
`(15)/(10) gallon`

So, Water drank by the camel in 6 minutes

= (
`(15)/(10)` × 6) gallons

• [On Simplifying]

= 1.5 × 6 gallons

• [On multiplying]

= 9 gallons

Hence,

Amount of water drank by the camel in 6 minutes is 9 gallons of water. (Ans)