Question

A fish tank has 150 gallons of water and is being drained at a rate of 12 gallon each second. A second fish tank has 120 gallons of water and is being filled at a rate of 14 gallon each second. After how many seconds will the two fish tanks have the same amount of water?

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Answer 1

Just start with 14 and go up and then start at 150 and go down by 12 until they meet

Answer 2

answer : 40 seconds

the tanks will therefore have the same amount of the water after 40 seconds