Question

Martin is filling his bathtub, but he left the drain partially open. martin knows that it takes 8 minutes to fill his 40 gallon tub. the equation v = 2.5t represents the volume, v , of water that drains out of the tub in t minutes. if martin leaves the water on, will the tub ever overflow ?

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Answer 1

Yes, it will overflow after 16 minutes..

Explanation:

The tub fills at a rate of 5 gallons every minute, but it drains at a rate of 2.5 gallons every minute. This means that it fills twice as fast as it drains, so it would take 16 minutes for the tub to overflow. If you subtract the rate of draining from the rate of filling then the net rate of water going up is 2.5 gallons a minute.