Question

People use water to cook, clean, and drink every day. An estimate of 17.2% of the water used each day is for drinking. If a family uses 68.8 gallons of water a day for drinking, how many gallons do they use every day?

Answer 1

Given Data:

The estimate amount of water used for drinking per day is: 172.%

The amount of water used by a given family for drinking is:68.8 gallons.

Let 'x' be the total gallons of water used by the family.

`\begin{gathered} x*(17.2)/(100)=68.8 \\ x=68.8*(100)/(17.2) \\ x=4*100 \\ x=400\text{ gallons} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the family use 400 gallons of water per day.