Question

5.

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?
(2-Point Holistic Rubric)
Show your work.

Answer 1

10 is the answer to the question

Answer 2

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.