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QuestionHow many minutes to fill a 1-gallon bucket if water drips at 41 drops/min and there are 15,000 drops in a gallon?

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

Assumptions1. The rate of water dripping is41 drops per minute. There are15,000 drops in a gallon3. We need to find out how many minutes it would take to fill a1-gallon bucket

STEP 2

First, we need to find out how many minutes it would take for the faucet to drip15,000 drops (since there are15,000 drops in a gallon). We can do this by dividing the total number of drops in a gallon by the rate of dripping.
Minutes=Totaldrops/DrippingrateMinutes = Total\, drops / Dripping\, rate

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the total drops and dripping rate to calculate the minutes.
Minutes=15,000/41Minutes =15,000 /41

STEP 4

Calculate the number of minutes.
Minutes=15,000/41365.85Minutes =15,000 /41 \approx365.85

STEP 5

Since we can't have a fraction of a minute, we need to round the number of minutes to the nearest whole number.
Minutes=round(365.85)Minutes = round(365.85)

STEP 6

Calculate the rounded number of minutes.
Minutes=round(365.85)=366Minutes = round(365.85) =366It would take366 minutes to fill the bucket.

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