Question

A fish tank can hold at most 315 gallons of water. If

a hose is filling the fish tank at a rate of 15 gallons
every 10 minutes, how many hours can the hose be
left on before the tank overflows?

Answer 1

15 gallons a hose is filling the tank at a rate of

Answer 2

`3.5`
`hours`

Explanation:

`Given:-Fish`
`Tank`
`hold`
`315`
`gallons`

`Find:-`
`time`
`in`
`hours`

`Solution:-`

`15`
`gallons` ➵
`10`
`minutes`

`15` ×
`6`
`gallons` ➵
`60`
`minutes`

`90`
`gallons` ➵
`1`
`hour`

`1`
`gallon` ➵
`(1)/(90)`
`hour`

`315`
`gallons` ➵
`(315)/(90)`
`hours`

`315`
`gallons` ➵
`3.5`
`hours`

`Answer:-\\3.5 hours`