Question

Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to describe the rate at which water flows out through a standard household faucet?

Minutes per gallon, because the independent quantity is volume of water in gallons and dependent quantity is time in minutes
Gallons per minute, because the independent quantity is volume of water in gallons and dependent quantity is time in minutes
Minutes per gallon, because the independent quantity is time in minutes and dependent quantity is volume of water in gallons
Gallons per minute, because the independent quantity is time in minutes and dependent quantity is volume of water in gallons

Answer 1

Do the amount of water depend on the time, or does the time depend on the amount of water?

Answer 2

It depends on time?

Answer 3

Right, so that narrows it down to B and D.

Answer 4

So is time independent of the volume of water?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

So which one is ?

Answer 7

I think it's D

Answer 8

Thats what im thinking as well.