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It is a Saturday morning, and Jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water

heater in his attic. Since plumbers charge extra to come out on weekends. Jeremy is
planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. Ile places a bucket under the drip and
steps outside to walk the dog. In half an hour, the bucket is 1/5 of the way full.

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Answer:

He will need 9.6 buckets per day. If that was the question...

Explanation:

If it takes half an hour for it to fill up 1/5 of the way, then in an hour it will have filled up 2/5 of the way.

2/5 x 24 = 9 3/5 or 9.6

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