Question
a water reservoir drains from the bottom at a rate of 7,200 gallons per minute. if there are 4,320,000 gallons in the water reservoir, how many minutes will it take ro the reservoir to drain completely?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many minutes it will take for the reservoir to drain completely, you can use the following formula:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Total Volume}}{\text{Drain Rate}}
\]
In this case, the total volume of water in the reservoir is 4,320,000 gallons and the drain rate is 7,200 gallons per minute.
Now, plug in the values:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{4,320,000 \text{ gallons}}{7,200 \text{ gallons/minute}}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Time} = 600 \text{ minutes}
\]
Therefore, it will take 600 minutes for the reservoir to drain completely.
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Total Volume}}{\text{Drain Rate}}
\]
In this case, the total volume of water in the reservoir is 4,320,000 gallons and the drain rate is 7,200 gallons per minute.
Now, plug in the values:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{4,320,000 \text{ gallons}}{7,200 \text{ gallons/minute}}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Time} = 600 \text{ minutes}
\]
Therefore, it will take 600 minutes for the reservoir to drain completely.