Question

A leaky faucet is losing water and is filling a 8-gallon bucket every 25 hours.At this rate,how many gallons of water will the faucet leak in 13 hours?

Answer 1

Answer:

Proportion states that the two fractions or ratios are equal.

As per the given statement: A leaky faucet is losing water and is filling a 8-gallon bucket every 25 hours.

Let x represents the number of gallons of water that faucet leak in 13 hours.

then by definition of proportion;

$\frac{8}{25} =\frac{x}{13}$

By cross multiply we get;

$13 \times 8 = 25x$

Simplify:

$104 = 25x$

Divide both sides by 25 we get;

$x = \frac{104}{25}$

Simplify:

x = 4.16

Therefore, 4.16 number of gallons of water will the faucet leak in 13 hours