Question
Good evening. I am having a problem solving this problem and need some help step by step please. One tank is filling at a rate or 3/4 gallon per 2/3 minute. A second tank is filling at a rate of 5/8 gallon per 1/2 minute. What tank is filling faster?
Please explain step by step.
Please explain step by step.
Answers
bobpursley
rate1=3/4*3/2=9/8
rate2=5/8*2/1=10/8
rate2=5/8*2/1=10/8
Good evening Mr. Pursley.
When you are saying for the following:
rate 1:
Would it be 3/4 divided by 2/3 and then flip the second fraction and multiply? How did you know from the word problem to do this?
When you are saying for the following:
rate 1:
Would it be 3/4 divided by 2/3 and then flip the second fraction and multiply? How did you know from the word problem to do this?
3/4 MULTIPLY BY 2/3 EQUAL 9/8
bobpursley
rate is quanity/time. That is a division, and multiplication is the inverse operation of division
8/4 divided by 4/5= 8/4*5/4
8/4 divided by 4/5= 8/4*5/4
Hello Mr. Pursley,
I guess where I am confused is what in this word problem showed or indicated to do this operation?
I guess where I am confused is what in this word problem showed or indicated to do this operation?
Hello Mr. Pursley,
Once the division is done and the answers are the following:
Tank 1=9/8
Tank 2= 10/8
The question is which tank is filling faster?
My answer the tank that is filling faster is Tank 2. Would this be correct?
Once the division is done and the answers are the following:
Tank 1=9/8
Tank 2= 10/8
The question is which tank is filling faster?
My answer the tank that is filling faster is Tank 2. Would this be correct?
bobpursley
yes, 10/8 is greater then 9/8
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