Question

A fish tank can hold at most 315 gallons of water. If
a hose is filling the fish tank at a rate of 15 gallons
every 10 minutes, how many hours can the hose be
left on before the tank overflows?

Answer 1

Answer:

$3.5$ $hours$

Step-by-step explanation:

$Given:-Fish$ $Tank$ $hold$ $315$ $gallons$

$Find:-$ $Time$ $in$ $hours$

$Solution:-$

$15$ $gallons$ ➵ $10$ $minutes$

$15$ × $6$ $gallons$ ➵ $60$ $minutes$

$90$ $gallons$ ➵ $1$ $hour$

$1$ $gallon$ ➵ $\frac{1}{90}$ $hour$

$315$ $gallons$ ➵ $\frac{315}{90}$ $hours$

$315$ $gallons$ ➵ $3.5$ $hours$

$Answer:-\\3.5 hours$

Answer 2

15 gallons a hose is filling the tank at a rate of