Question

A cylindrical Container has a height of 24 inches currently the container is filled with water to a height of 18 inches a leaky faucet drips into the container causing the height of the water in the container to increase by 2 in./h the equation below can be used to find the number of hours it will take to fill the container 18+? T equals 24 what number should be the coefficienct of t?

Answer 1

18 + ?t = 24

The coefficient of t is 2.

18 + 2t = 24

2t = 24 - 18

2t = 6

2t/2 = 6/2

t = 3

It would take 3 hours to fill the container.