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It takes amanda 50 minutes to fill up her truck's milk tank of 5 kilolitres. What is the pumping rate to fill Amanda's milk tank in kilolitres per minute?

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Given:

Time taken by Amanda to fill the tank is 50 minutes.

The capacit of tank is 5 kiloliters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rate of pumping is determine by divide the capacity by time taken to fill it.

Determine the pumping rate to fill Amanda's milk tank.


\begin{gathered} R=\frac{5\text{ kiloliters}}{50\text{ minutes}} \\ =(1)/(10)\text{ kL/min} \\ =0.1\text{ kL/min} \end{gathered}

Answer: 0.1 kL/min

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