Question

It is a Saturday morning and Jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. Since plumbers charge extra to come out on weekends, Jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. He places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. In half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full.
a. What is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?
b. What is the longest that Jeremy can be away from the house before the bucket will overflow?

Answer 1

@agent0smith

Answer 2

@StudyGurl14

Answer 3

@triciaal

Answer 4

For A I got 1/5 every1/2 hour.
For B I got 2 1/2 hours.

Answer 5

In half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full.
let the full bucket = x
1/2*1hr = 1/5 *X
on the left to get 1 hr multiply by 2
since equation do the same to right hand side

Answer 6

a. What is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?
per hour means for every one hour

Answer 7

b. What is the longest that Jeremy can be away from the house before the bucket will overflow?
this is asking to find the value of X, the full bucket

Answer 8

2/5 per hour

Answer 9

For part B I am incorrect?

Answer 10

yes 2/5 of X per hour

Answer 11

b) (2/5) X = 1 hr
solve for X

Answer 12

did you get X = 5/2 = 2 1/2 hrs ?

Answer 13

Yes.

Answer 14

great

Answer 15

I have another question.

Answer 16

@triciaal

Answer 17

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