A swimming pool starts with 600 gallons of water in it. It springs a leak, and is draining at a rate of 100 gallons per hour.

Question

How many gallons of water are in the pool to start? In other words, how many gallons are in the pool at 0 hours?
Time in hours Gallons of water in the pool
0
1
2
3

Answer 1

The swimming pool starts with 600 gallons of water. Since it is draining at a rate of 100 gallons per hour, we can calculate the amount of water left in the pool at different times.

Here’s the table showing the gallons of water in the pool over time:

| Time in hours | Gallons of water in the pool | |---------------|-------------------------------| | 0 | 600 | | 1 | 600 - 1001 = 500 | | 2 | 600 - 1002 = 400 | | 3 | 600 - 100*3 = 300 |

So, at different time intervals, the gallons of water in the pool are as follows:

• At 0 hours: 600 gallons
• At 1 hour: 500 gallons
• At 2 hours: 400 gallons
• At 3 hours: 300 gallons