Pumping 25 gallons of gas into a truck in 3 minutes or filling a bathtub with 40 gallons of water in 5 minutes

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Reynaldo Shaffer

11 February, 12:24

Pumping 25 gallons of gas into a truck in 3 minutes or filling a bathtub with 40 gallons of water in 5 minutes

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Ronald Hawkins · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To do this you have to figure each out in gallons per minute.

25/3 = 8 1/3. This means that the gas is going into the truck at a rate of 8 1/3 gallons per minute.

40/5 = 8. This means that the water is going into the tub at a rate of 8 gallons per minute.

The gas is flowing into the truck faster.