Question

A water tank is leaking at a rate of 6 gallons per hour.



At that rate, how many gallons of water will leak in 3 hours?

Answer 1

Lets do proportion. If in one hour, it leaks 6 gallons, how many does it leak in 3 hours?
Multiply 6x3. What is that?

Answer 2

18?

Answer 3

Yes. If in 1 hour it leaks 6 gallons, in 3 hours it leaks 18 gallons.

Answer 4

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 6 }=\frac{ 3 }{ 18 }\]