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20 January, 04:37

A broken pipe was leaking water at the rate of 2gal every 5 minutes. it took 23 min to stop the leak. how many gallons of water were wasted?

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  1. 20 January, 07:30
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    Leaking water has the rate of 2 gal per 5 minutes which is the same as:

    2 gal : 5 minutes = 0.4 gal/minute

    Then we multiply it by the number of minutes which is 23 as follows:

    0.4 gal/minute * 23 minutes = 9.2 galons wasted during the 23 minutes
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