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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.

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40gal/18min =
(40/18)gal/1min =
40/18 gal/min =
2.2 gal/min (rounded to nearest tenth)
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