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Ronald is calculating the time required to fill the swimming pool at school. He found that it takes 9 minutes to fill the swimming pool with 81 gallons of water. At what rate does the swimming pool fill, in gallons per minute?

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Answer:

It takes 9min

Explanation:

9min:8g

÷9 ÷9

1min:9g

The swimming pool fills at 9 gallons per minute.

User Brayden Hancock
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Answer:

9

Explanation:

81 gallons per 9 minutes

This can be thought of as a fraction:


(81gallons)/(9 minutes)

divide the top and bottom of the fraction by 9 to make the bottom 1


(9 gallons)/(1 minute)

remove the gallons per minute to a separate fraction

9
(gallons)/(minute)

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