SOLUTION: Anita is filling a small pool for her kids currently there is 60 gallons of water in the pool and she is filling the pool at a rate of 50 gallons every 5 minutes the pool hold 200

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Question 1108951: Anita is filling a small pool for her kids currently there is 60 gallons of water in the pool and she is filling the pool at a rate of 50 gallons every 5 minutes the pool hold 200 gallons of water which questions represents minutes (m) that will take to fill up the pool? A) -10m+200=60 B) -50+200=60 C)-10m+140=60 D)-50m+140=60
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200-60 = 140 gallons to go
50/5 = 10 gallons per minute
140/10 = 14 minutes to go