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You need to pump water to pump water out of a basement using 50 gallon per minute (gpm) pumps the basement has the dimensions shown and is flooded to the depth of 16 inches how long will it take to pump the water out of the basement

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Answer: At 50 gallons per minute it will take 294 minutes which is about 5 hours and hence with 2 pumps about 2.5 hours.

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