1. The manufacturer says that the pool holds 14,040 gallons of water
when filled to capacity. The Smiths use a hose that has a flow rate of
72 quarts per minute. How long will it take to fill the pool? Explain.

The rate is given in quarts per minute, but the capacity is given in gallons. We know that 4 quarts is 1 gallon, so we can change the rate to gallons per minute:

(72 qt/min)×(1 gal)/(4 qt) = 18 gal/min

Now, we can use the above formula to find the time to fill the pool:

time = (14040 gal)/(18 gal/min) = (14040/18) min = 780 min

This is a difficult time to relate to, so we choose to change it to hours:

(780 min)×(1 h)/(60 min) = 780/60 h = 13 h

It will take 13 hours to fill the pool.

1. The manufacturer says that the pool holds 14,040 gallons of waterwhen filled to capacity. The Smiths use a hose that has a flow rate of72 quarts per minute. How long will it take to fill the pool? Explain.​

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1. The manufacturer says that the pool holds 14,040 gallons of water
when filled to capacity. The Smiths use a hose that has a flow rate of
72 quarts per minute. How long will it take to fill the pool? Explain.