A water pump can produce 280 gallons in 24 hours.

Question

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​How many gallons per hour is this?

A

11 gallons 

B

11.66 gallons 

C

152 gallons

D

6720 gallons

Answer 1

To find out how many gallons per hour the pump produces, you can divide the total gallons produced by the number of hours.

The pump produces 280 gallons in 24 hours:

\[ \text{Gallons per hour} = \frac{280 \text{ gallons}}{24 \text{ hours}} \approx 11.67 \text{ gallons per hour} \]

Rounding this to two decimal places gives you approximately 11.67 gallons per hour.

Looking at the options provided, the closest answer is:

B) 11.66 gallons.