Question

Mr. Green is still repairing that old, rundown house he recently purchased. He finally fixed that leaky faucet in the kitchen, but now the bathroom faucet is leaking. He’s wondering if the dripping rate is the same as the kitchen, so again he starts his observations. However, this time he notes that for the bathroom faucet, 8 ounces of water dripped in 12 minutes.

A) At this rate, how many ounces of water will drip in a day?

Answer 1

960 ounces

Explanation:

First, let's find how much water will drip in an hour (60 minutes), so we can make an equation:

8/12 = x/60

And if you multiply both sides of the equation by 60 you will get 8*5 = x which is 40. So, we know that in one hour, 40 ounces of water will drip from the bathroom faucet. To find how much water will drip in a day, just multiply 40 by 24 (since there are 24 hours in a day). That would result in 960.

Answer 2

960 ounces in 1 day

(Sorry for a late response, I just logged on)

Explanation:

Most of that information is negligable (not important) besides 8 ounces in 12 minutes.

so an hour is 60 minutes, if we multiply both parts of the problem by 5 we get

40 ounces in 1 hour

a day is 24 hours, so if we multiply both sides by 24 well get our answer

960 ounces a day

-- Gage Millar, Algebra 1/2 tutor