A leaky faucet fills a 100 millimeter cup in 10 minutes.

1.how much water is wasted in a day?a week?a non leap year?
2.How long does it take to waste a kiloliter of water? (hint:1 kiloliter=1000000 milliliters)

1 answer

1a. 100ml / 10min = 10ml/min.
W = 10ml/min * 60min/hr * 24hr/da =
14400ml/da.

1b. W = 14400ml/da * 7da/wk = 100800ml/wk.

1c. W = 14400ml/da * 365da/yr = 5256000 ml/yr.

2. 1000000 ml * 1/10 min/ml * 1/60 hr/min * 1/24 da/hr = 69.4 days.