Hunter is filling a 3.5-gallon

bucket to water plants at a faucet that flows at a rate

of 1.75 gallons a minute. If he were to add a hose

that flows at a rate of 1.45 gallons per minute, how

many minutes would it take him to fill the bucket?

Round to the nearest tenth.

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Jade

12 February, 09:21

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Julian Woodward · Answer 1

You would add the faucet rate to the hose rate (1.75+1.45=3.2) and then divide it by 3.5 (3.5/3.2) which is equalivent to around 1.1.

Hunter is filling a 3.5-gallonbucket to water plants at a faucet that flows at a rateof 1.75 gallons a minute. If he were to add a hosethat flows at a rate of 1.45 gallons per minute, howmany minutes would it take him to fill the bucket?Round to the nearest tenth.