document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #120016 by jojo14344(1513) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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\n" ); document.write( "We calculate 1st the number of days the reservoir was leaking.
\n" ); document.write( "1st leak:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%288gal%2Fday%29%28X%5Bdays%5D%29=500gal\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%5Bdays%5D=500cross%28gal%29%2F%288cross%28gal%29%2Fday%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%5Bdays%5D=62.5days\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2nd leak:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285gal%2Fday%29%28X%5Bdays%5D%29=300gal\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%5Bdays%5D=300cross%28gal%29%2F%285cross%28gal%29%2Fday%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%5Bdays%5D=60days\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Rate=TotalVolume%2FTotalDays\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Rate=%28500%2B300%28gal%29%29%2F%2862.5%2B60%28days%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Rate=800%28gal%29%2F122.5%28days%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28Rate=6.530612244%28gal%2Fday%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "thank you,
\n" ); document.write( "Jojo \n" ); document.write( "

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