Water flowing in a river is measured to have a average flow rate of 3 cubic meters per hour

Question

Conversions
1 cubic meter = 1000 liters
1 hour = 60 minutes
What is the flow rate of the river in liters per minute?

Answer 1

To convert the flow rate from cubic meters per hour to liters per minute, follow these steps:

1. Convert cubic meters to liters: \[ 3 , \text{cubic meters} \times 1000 , \text{liters per cubic meter} = 3000 , \text{liters per hour} \]

2. Convert hours to minutes: \[ 1 , \text{hour} = 60 , \text{minutes} \]

3. To find the flow rate in liters per minute, divide the total liters per hour by the number of minutes in an hour: \[ \frac{3000 , \text{liters per hour}}{60 , \text{minutes per hour}} = 50 , \text{liters per minute} \]

Therefore, the flow rate of the river is 50 liters per minute.