Jada walks up to a tank that can hold up to 10 gallons. When it's active a drain empties water from the tank at a constant rate. When jada first sees the tank it contains 7 gallon three minutes later the tank contains 5 gallon. At what rate is the amount of water in the tank changing

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Madden Calderon

9 October, 03:45

Jada walks up to a tank that can hold up to 10 gallons. When it's active a drain empties water from the tank at a constant rate. When jada first sees the tank it contains 7 gallon three minutes later the tank contains 5 gallon. At what rate is the amount of water in the tank changing

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Yael · Answer 1

2/3 of a gallon per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the rate by subtracting the amount of gallons she observed and dividing it by the time.

7 - 5 = 2 and 2 gallons/3 mins = 2/3 of a gallon each minute.