SOLUTION: a town has its water tower filled to its capacity, 300,000 gallons. after 30 days the tower has 180,000 gallons. the town runs out of water in 44 days after that. A.find the chan

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Question 826768: a town has its water tower filled to its capacity, 300,000 gallons. after 30 days the tower has 180,000 gallons. the town runs out of water in 44 days after that.
A.find the change in water capacity of the water tower after the first 30 days
B. find the number of days it took the tower to use the 300,000 gallons
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Question B is just the sum of the number of days.
74 days.

Question A: Only find the difference between 300000 and 180000. That is for the first, thirty day period.