Question

A man is filling an empty 5-gallon bucket with water at a constant rate. There are 2.4 gallons of water in the bucket after filling the bucket for 12 minutes. At what rate, in gallons per minute, is the man filling the bucket?

Answer 1

2.4g / 12 minutes
0.2g/minutes

Answer is 0.2 gallons per minute

Answer 2

The rate, in gallons per minute, is the man filling the bucket is 0.2 per minute.

Rate in gallon per minutes:

Using this formula

Rate=Number of gallons of water/Number of minutes

Where:

Number of gallons of water=2.4 gallons
Number of minutes=12 minutes

Let plug in the formula

Rate=2.4/12

Rate=0.2 per minute

Inconclusion the rate, in gallons per minute, is the man filling the bucket is 0.2 per minute.

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