SOLUTION: A faucet filled a 315 gallon tank in 9 hours. Later, the tank suffered a crack at the bottom and started leaking at the rate of 6 gallons per hour. How long will it take the fauce
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Question 939769: A faucet filled a 315 gallon tank in 9 hours. Later, the tank suffered a crack at the bottom and started leaking at the rate of 6 gallons per hour. How long will it take the faucet to refill the emptied tank?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A faucet filled a 315 gallon tank in 9 hours. Later, the tank suffered a crack at the bottom and started leaking at the rate of 6 gallons per hour. How long will it take the faucet to refill the emptied tank?
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Original condition rate:: (1/9)315 = 35 gallons/hr
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Leaking at 6 gallons/hr
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Effective rate using faucet at time of leak:: 35-6 = 29 gallons/hr
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Ans: # of hours to fill 315 tank:: 315/29 = 10.86 hrs = 10hrs 51min 36sec
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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