Question

8. A farm water tower (with a capacity of 615 cubic metres) has sprung a leak. It loses water at the rate of 1 cubic metre an hour. If no one fixes it, when would the tower be empty? (Answer in weeks, days and hours; for example, 2 weeks, 2 days and 5 hours.)

Answer 1

Given: A farm water tower (with a capacity of 615 cubic metres) has sprung a leak. It loses water at the rate of 1 cubic metre an hour

Find: when would the tower be empty.

Step-by-step explanation: A capacity of farm water tower is 615 cubic meters.

if it loses water at the rate of 1 cubic meter an hour

it means it take 615 hours to be empty.

`615\text{ hours=}(615)/(24)=25.625\text{ days}`

25.625 conatins 3 weeks= 21 days.

25.625-21=4.625 days.

4.625 days contains 4 days and

`0.625*24=15\text{ hours}`

Hence the final answer will be 3 weeks, 4 days and 15 hours .