Question

A water spout is filling a large container with water. After 5 hours the container held 24L of water. After 8 hours the container held 30L of water. At this rate, how much water was in the container at 2 hours?

Answer 1

Explanation:

This is a direct proportionality. If a water spout is filling a large container with water, hence the time taken to fill the container is directly proportional to the volume v of water. MAthematically;

t = kV

If after 5 hours the container held 24L of water, then;

5 = 24k

k = 5/24

Also if after 8 hours the container held 30L of water

8 = 30k

k = 8/30

To get the rate of the container at 2 hrs