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Jacqueline is cleaning the barn and needs to give her horse freshwater.the water trough holds 70 gallons of water the hose she has to use as a flow rate of 6 gallons per minute. how long will it take to fill the water trough?

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Since 6 gallons flow in 1 minute
Then 70 gallons will flow in ;

70 * 1/6. = 11.7 minutes
It will takes 11.7 minutes to fill the water trough
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