SOLUTION: A farmer's horses drink from a rectangular water tank with dimensions shown.
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Question 1181431: A farmer's horses drink from a rectangular water tank with dimensions shown.
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When the farmer refills the tank, it takes the horses 4 days to drink all the water. The farmer wants to build a new, larger tank and plans to increase each measurement of the tank by 25%.
By what percentage will the amount of water the farmer can put in the take increase when the larger tank is built?
How many days will it take the horses to drink all the water in the larger tank?
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