Harris has two pipes to fill his aquarium. Pipe A can fill the aquarium at the rate of 4 gallons per minute. Pipe B can fill the aquarium at the rate of 840 liters per hour.

[1 gallon = 3.79 liters]

Part A: Which pipe will fill the aquarium faster? Justify your answer by comparing the rates after converting to the same units. (5 points)

Part B: If the total volume of the aquarium was 500 gallons and you checked on how full it was every 0.25 hours, describe appropriate scales on the x-axis and y-axis to graph the rate at which the faster pipe fills the aquarium. (5 points)

Question

Harris has two pipes to fill his aquarium. Pipe A can fill the aquarium at the rate of 4 gallons per minute. Pipe B can fill the aquarium at the rate of 840 liters per hour.

[1 gallon = 3.79 liters]

Part A: Which pipe will fill the aquarium faster? Justify your answer by comparing the rates after converting to the same units. (5 points)

Part B: If the total volume of the aquarium was 500 gallons and you checked on how full it was every 0.25 hours, describe appropriate scales on the x-axis and y-axis to graph the rate at which the faster pipe fills the aquarium. (5 points)

shinalcantara · Answer

since you're given with the rate and the conversion, you'll have
A = 4 gallons/min
B = 840li/hr(1gal/3.379li)(1hr/60min)
   =3.69gal/min
ask me if you don't understand the solution okay?