Question

I would really appreciate it if someone would help me on this algebra question!
Neil has a leaky faucet in his bathroom. He decides to find the amount of water leaking from the faucet over a period of time. For the first hour, he measured the volume of water that leaked by collecting it in a beaker


- Neil used a more precise measuring device to measure the amount of water that leaked from the faucet during the second hour. He found that the volume increased by of the volume of water that leaked during the first hour. Find the amount of water that leaked in the second hour.

Answer 1

This part is a bit confusing
`He found that the volume increased by of the volume of water that leaked during the first hour.`
so they're saying that the volume doubled? that's what it sounds like

Answer 2

This was the first question to this problem. I forgot to post it!
Based on the image, estimate to the nearest tenth of a milliliter (mL) the volume of water collected in the beaker in the first hour.

Answer 3

what estimate did you get?

Answer 4

80 mL. Is that correct?

Answer 5

hmm I'd say it's somewhere between 75 and 80

Answer 6

it's not exactly at the 80 mark, it's slightly below

Answer 7

So around 76ish??

Answer 8

yeah that sounds like a good estimate

Answer 9

Could you possibly help me with the question that I posted? I am thoroughly confused.

Answer 10

`He found that the volume increased by of the volume of water that leaked during the first hour`

I'm going to assume that this means that the volume doubled. If so, then it would become 2*76 = 152 mL

Answer 11

Thank you so very much!

Answer 12

no problem

Answer 13

Would you possibly be able to help me with a few more questions?

Answer 14

Assuming that the amount of water leaking from the faucet every hour increases uniformly by 1/12 of the amount that leaked in the previous hour, write a function representing the amount of water leaked each hour.