A 21000 gallon pool has 9000 gallons of water when a hose is placed in pool and add water at a rate of 1500 gallons per hour. How long does it take to fill

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4 March, 11:15

A 21000 gallon pool has 9000 gallons of water when a hose is placed in pool and add water at a rate of 1500 gallons per hour. How long does it take to fill

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Melvin Bowers · Answer 1

8

Step-by-step explanation:

21000-9000=12000 then 12000 divided by 1500 would end up with 8. so it would take 8 hrs for it to fill

Damari Odonnell · Answer 2

Answer

8 hours

Explanation

The amount of water the gallon pool need to fill is;

21,000 - 9000 = 12,000 gallons

To get the number of hours needed to fill the gallon pool

12,000/1,500 = 8 hours