Question

A gas pump delivered 19.2 gallons of gas in 3.5 minutes. Find the pumping rate in gallons per minute (round to the nearest hundred)

Answer 1

Given:

A gas pump delivered 19.2 gallons of gas in 3.5 minutes.

The pumping rate = number of gallons divided by the number of minutes

So, the pumping rate =

$\frac{19.2}{3.5}=5.485714$

Rounding to the nearest hundred

So, the answer will be: The pumping rate = 5.49 gallons per minute