Question

A tank contains 4500 litres of water. Water flows out of the tank at a rate of 1.2 litres per second. How many minutes will it take for all the water to flow out of the tank?

Answer 1

Answer:

The first thing to notice with this question is that the volume of the tank is given in cm3 yet the rate at which the water leaks is in litres, so a conversion of units will be neccessary. We know that there are 1000cm3 for every litre so 45000cm3 is equivilent to 45 litres (45,000/1000 = 45). So what do we know now? Well the tank of water contains 45 litres, and every minute 0.75 litres is lost, so our objective is to find out how many miuntes go by before the tank is empty. In other words how many 0.75s go into 45, luckily division can help us out. 45/0.75 = 60 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The time it take for all the water to flow out of the tank is 62.5minutes

Speed of water

The formula for calculating the speed of the water is given as:

Speed = Distance/Time

Given the following parameters

Litres = 4500litres

Speed = 1.2litres/sec

Determine the time (in sec)

Time = Volume/Speed
Time = 4500/1.2
Time = 3750secs

Convert to minutes

Time = 62.5minutes

Hence the time it take for all the water to flow out of the tank is 62.5minutes

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