232k views
5 votes
In a tiny house, an empty hot water heater requires 40 gallons of water. It takes 18 minutes to fill the hot water heater. Assuming a constant rate of flow, find the rate at which water flows into the tank. Express your answer to the nearest tenth of a gallon per minute.

ITS URGENT

User DrBuck
by
4.7k points

1 Answer

3 votes
40gal/18min =
(40/18)gal/1min =
40/18 gal/min =
2.2 gal/min (rounded to nearest tenth)
User Rourke
by
4.8k points