Question

Shark tank A contains 9.2 gallon Tof water. Sarah will begin filling tank A at a rate of 2.4 gallons per minute. Shark tank contains 109.2 gallons of water. Bella will begin draining tank B at a rate of 1.6 gallon per minute. After how many minutes will both tanks contain the same amount of water?​

Answer 1

25 minutes

Explanation:

let x = number of minutes

the following equation can be derived from the question

9.2 + 2.4x = 109.2 - 1.6x

the equations are equated together because it is expected the gallons of water in both tanks would be equal after sometime

collect like terms

2.4x + 1.6x = 109.2 - 9.2

4x = 100

x = 100/4 = 25 minutes