SOLUTION: a water hose can fill a 1 quart bottle with water in 2.2 seconds; I need to buy a pond pump but its flow rates are given in gallons per hour. what size pump should I purchase to th
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Question 746011: a water hose can fill a 1 quart bottle with water in 2.2 seconds; I need to buy a pond pump but its flow rates are given in gallons per hour. what size pump should I purchase to the nearest 100 GPH? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You want an answer in ( gallons / hr ), so
in terms of just units:
( quarts / sec ) x ( gallons / quart ) x ( sec / min ) x ( min / hr ) = ( gallons / hr )
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This is easier to see if you pull out all the like units:
( quarts / quarts ) x ( sec/ sec ) x ( min / min ) x ( gallons / hr ) = ( gallons / hr )
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Using your numbers:
To the nearest 100 GPH, you need a 400 GPH pump
