SOLUTION: Anita is filling a small pool for her kids. Currently, there are 60 gallons of water in the pool and she is filling the pool at a rate of 50 gallons every 5 minutes. The pool hol

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Question 1126348: Anita is filling a small pool for her kids. Currently, there are 60 gallons of water in the pool and she is filling the pool at a rate of 50 gallons every 5 minutes. The pool holds 200 gallons of water.

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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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That fill rate is the same as 10 gallons per minute.

Capacity 200 gallons when 60 gallons are filled means the tank still has 140 gallons empty.

Time remaining until finish filling would be 140%2Agallons%2A%281%2F10%29%28minutes%2Fgallon%29. This is 14 minutes.