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60/20= 3, 3 x 4 gal every 20 hrs = 12 gallons in 60 hrs.
I would make a ratio to how fast water is leaking:

[tex]\frac{4}{20} = \frac{1}{5}[/tex]  

So we can conclude that one gallon is leaking every 5 hours.

So if we multiply that ratio by any number of hours, it will tell us how many gallons have leaked.  In this case, it's 60 hours, so we can do:

[tex]\frac{1}{5}*60 = 12[/tex]

So we can conclude that in 60 hours, 12 gallons of water leak.

We also could have done this problem by realizing that 20 hours is [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex] of 60 hours, so to get how many gallons of water leak in 60 hours, you just multiply the amount of water that leaks in 20 hours by 3:

[tex]4*3=12[/tex]

Two ways to do the same problem; same answer.
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