Question

A swimming pool has 143 gallons of water in it. The swimming pool drains at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. How much water is in the swimming pool after 11 minutes?

How much water does the swimming pool have after 11 minutes? Solve on paper, then enter your answer on Zearn.

The swimming pool has
gallons of water after 11 minutes.

Answer 1

55 Gallons

Explanation:

143 - (8)(11)

143 - 88

143 - 88

55 gallons

Answer 2

We know that the pool drains at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. We can multiply 8*11. 8*11 is 88. We can now subtract 88 from 143. This gives us 55. The swimming pool has 55 gallons of water after 11 minutes.