Question

A pipe is leaking at 1.5 cups per day. About how many gallons per week is the pipe leaking? hint= 1 gallon= 16 cups

Answer 1

plz help anyone

Answer 2

ok soooooooo

Answer 3

multiply your cups given by 16

Answer 4

1 gallon = 16 cups
1 week = 7 days

That's all you need.

Answer 5

ok than wat do i multiply them with reacon

Answer 6

divide that by 7

Answer 7

oh ok

Answer 8

1.5*16=x
x/7= your answer

Answer 9

i got a very big number reacon

Answer 10

so i have that flipped multiply 1.5*7 and then divide that by 15

Answer 11

sorry*

Answer 12

im confussed very

Answer 13

Don't be dividing and multiplying willy-nilly. Be consistent and systematic.

\(\dfrac{1.5\;cups}{1\;day}\cdot\dfrac{1\;gallon}{16\;cups}\cdot\dfrac{7\;days}{1\;week}\)

Find all the units that cancel appropriately and it will tell you which to multiply and which to divide.

Answer 14

tkyhunny i dont under stand u so u can leave now i need 1 person to help me and only 1

Answer 15

reacon tell me again wat i have to do

Answer 16

tkhunny has it right he uses a style called dimensional analysis so you know that you have
\[\frac{ 1.5cups }{ 1 day }\] since you are leaking 1.5 cups in each day

Answer 17

hurry plz can u type faster plz

Answer 18

u there

Answer 19

yes sorry lost connection

Answer 20

oh ok thats fine

Answer 21

so you want cups on bottom so cups cancel and days on top so days cancel

Answer 22

so 1.5*7=10.5

Answer 23

so did u ever find out how to do it

Answer 24

10.5/16=0.656 gallons/week

Answer 25

so thats the answer, right?

Answer 26

yes

Answer 27

ok thx a lot wat grade do u go to

Answer 28

um why do you ask?

Answer 29

idk just wondering

Answer 30

um id prefer not to answer

Answer 31

ok it doestnt matter to me no big deal guess wat grade im in

Answer 32

ok so i ned help with one more question