Hi I'm having a hard time here!! a water tank is filled with 1500 L of water. In 1 hr, the tank loses 5.4% of the water due to leakage. What is the volume of water in the tank after 1 hour!!!

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Hi I'm having a hard time here!!  a water tank is filled with 1500 L of water. In 1 hr, the tank loses 5.4% of the water due to leakage. What is the volume of water in the tank after 1 hour!!!

Thanks I have trouble with having so many words that are not important to the problem in it!!!

R_scott · Accepted Answer

5.4% is lost to leakage ... so (100% - 5.4%) remains in the tank 1500 L * (100% - 5.4%) = ?

dakota · Answer

thanks!! this was really helpful!!