Question

It is recommended that hikers drink 24 ounces of water an hour. If a canteen has 24 ounces of water, how much should the amount of water in the canteen change every 10 minutes?

Answer 1

To find out the change in the amount of water in the canteen every 10 minutes, first, we need to determine how many 10-minute intervals are there in an hour.

Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, and each interval is 10 minutes long, there are 60/10 = <<60/10=6>>6 intervals in an hour.

If hikers are recommended to drink 24 ounces of water per hour and there are 6 intervals in an hour, then the amount of water in the canteen should decrease by 24/6 = <<24/6=4>>4 ounces every 10 minutes. Answer: \boxed{4}.