SOLUTION: water was leaking from a faucet at a rate of 1.25 gallons every 5 minutes how much water was wasted if it took 12 minutes to repair the faucet?

SOLUTION: water was leaking from a faucet at a rate of 1.25 gallons every 5 minutes how much water was wasted if it took 12 minutes to repair the faucet?

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Question 1007458: water was leaking from a faucet at a rate of 1.25 gallons every 5 minutes how much water was wasted if it took 12 minutes to repair the faucet?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well you can set up a proportion

Now multiply both sides by twelve and get
x = 15/5 = 3 gallons wasted
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