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  • 07-03-2017
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a broken pipe was leaking water at the rate of 2gal every 5 minutes. it took 23 min to stop the leak. how many gallons of water were wasted?

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SavannahKing13
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  • 07-03-2017
Leaking water has the rate of 2 gal per 5 minutes which is the same as :
2 gal ÷ 5 minutes = 0.4 gal/minute 
Then we multiply it by the number of minutes which is 23 as follows :
0.4 gal/minute × 23 minutes = 9.2 galons wasted during the 23 minutes
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