Question

A barrele contains 60 gallons of water water leaked out of the barrel at a rate of 5 gallons at the rate how many days did it take for all 60 gallons of water to leak out of the barrele.

Answer 1

5 gallons per minute? per hour? per day? ????

Answer 2

at any rate, 60 = 12*5, so it will take 12 time-units.

Answer 3

36 days. Because if you put 5 over 3 equals 60 over blank. 5 goes into 60 12 times. So it’s x12. So 3x12=36