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A leaky faucet is losing water and is filling a 7-gallon bucket every 21 hours. At that rate, how many
gallons of water will the faucet leak in 30 hours?
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User Turp
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10 is the answer to the question
User Ivanesi
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Answer:

10 gallons.

Explanation:

A leaky faucet is losing water and;

filling a 7-gallon bucket every 21 hrs.

So 7 gallons of water are leaked in 21 hrs

We are to find the number of gallons that will be leaked in 30 hrs.

Cross-multiplying this gives;


(30 * 7)/(21) = 10 gallons.

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