There are two different vats. The first vat has 12 gallons and is being filled at a rate of 3 gallons per minute. The second vat has 108 gallons and is leaking fluid at a rate of 7 gallons per minute. After how many seconds will both vats have the same amount of liquid?

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to find when the amount of liquid in both vats will be equal. Let's call this time t.

After t minutes, the first vat will have 12 + 3t gallons of liquid.
After t minutes, the second vat will have 108 - 7t gallons of liquid.

To find when both vats have the same amount of liquid, we need to set the two expressions equal to each other and solve for t:
12 + 3t = 108 - 7t

Combining like terms, we get:
10t = 96

Dividing both sides by 10, we find that:
t = 9.6

Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, the time in seconds is:
9.6 minutes * 60 seconds/minute = 576 seconds.

Therefore, it will take 576 seconds for both vats to have the same amount of liquid.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Apologies for the mistake. Let's correct the solution.

Let X be the number of seconds it takes for both vats to have the same amount of liquid.

The first vat is being filled at a rate of 3 gallons per minute. Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, the first vat is being filled at a rate of 3/60 = 1/20 gallons per second.

The second vat is leaking fluid at a rate of 7 gallons per minute. Again, converting to seconds, the second vat is leaking fluid at a rate of 7/60 = 7/60 gallons per second.

Since we are looking for when both vats have the same amount of liquid, the total amount of liquid in both vats should be equal. This can be represented as:

12 + (1/20)X = 108 - (7/60)X

Multiplying through by 20*60 to eliminate the fractions:

240X + 20X = 6480 - 7X

Combining like terms:

260X = 6480 - 7X

Adding 7X to both sides:

267X = 6480

Dividing both sides by 267:

X = 6480/267

Calculating this in decimal form:

X ≈ 24.292

Therefore, it will take approximately 24.292 seconds for both vats to have the same amount of liquid.