Question

A 25,000-gallon swimming pool needs to be completely drained for maintenance purposes.

Your pump empties the pool at a rate of 30 gallons/minute.
Part A: Let h represent the number of hours the pool has been draining. Write an
equation that can be used to determine the number of hours it will take to
completely drain the pool.
Part B: Suppose you start draining the pool Monday, May 7 at 8:00 a.m. Would it be
safe to schedule maintenance to begin on Tuesday, May 8 at noon?

Answer 1

A: 1800h-25,000

B: Yes, he would have time.

Step-by-step explanation:

A:

Lets turn 30 gallons/minute into hours so we can make it easier.

18000h-25000

Then plug in h which is hours. To get your answer

B:

From May 7 at 8:00 a.m. to May 8 at 12 p.m. would be 28 hours.

So we plug in 28 for h and get our answer of 25400 gallons/hour