Question

A garden hose supplies 36 gallons of water in 3 minutes. How many gallons of water does the hose supply in 10 minutes

Answer 1

If we assume that these rates are constant then we can assume that:

1 minute = 12 Gallons of water

Then we can think to scale the amount of time by 10. If we want 10 minutes then we also have to multiply the other side by 10.

1 x (10) = 12 x (10)

In which case the hose supplies 120 gallons in 10 minutes

Answer 2

120 gallons



First to get the answer you need to divide 36 by 3 and then multiply it by 10