Question

A hose fills an empty fish tank with 24 gallons of water in 8 minutes. At that same rate, how many minutes will it take the hose To fill a fish tank with 60 gallons of water?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{8}{24} = \frac{x}{60}$

24x = 8*60

24x = 480

x = 20

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The number of minutes should be 20.

Given that,

• A hose fills an empty fish tank with 24 gallons of water in 8 minutes.
• And, the time taken is 60 minutes.

Based on the above information, the calculation is as follows:

$= 60\times 8\div 24$

= 20 minutes

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