SOLUTION: Five hundred gallons of water leaked from a reservoirat a constant rate of 8 gallons per day. The leak was partially sealed, and a aditional 300 gallons leaked from the reservoir a

Question 162812: Five hundred gallons of water leaked from a reservoirat a constant rate of 8 gallons per day. The leak was partially sealed, and a aditional 300 gallons leaked from the reservoir at a constant speed of 5 gallons per day. What was the overall rate of leakage over this time period?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We calculate 1st the number of days the reservoir was leaking.
1st leak:

2nd leak:

Therefore,

thank you,
Jojo
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