Question

Pierson's Pet Palace has an 85 gallon fish tank. When it needs to be cleaned, it can be drained at a rate of 4 gallons per minute. Write an equation. help pls

Answer 1

Explanation:

The time it takes to empty the tank = 85/4 + 0.25 = 21.25 minutes.

- because it takes 21 minutes to empty 84 gallons and the last gallon takes

1/4 of a minute.