A barrel contained 50 gallons of oil. Oil leaked out of the barrel at a rate of 5 gallons every 2 days. At this rate, how many days did it take for all 50 gallons of oil to leak out of the barrel?
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it took 10 days for all of the oil to leak out
50 = 10*5
so it took 10*2 = 20 days to leak out
or, to convert gallons to days,
50gal * 2days/5gal = 20 days
so it took 10*2 = 20 days to leak out
or, to convert gallons to days,
50gal * 2days/5gal = 20 days
It’s 20
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