Question

A leaking faucet drips into a bucket. The faucet drips at a constant rate. The level of water in the bucket rises

3 inches in 6 hours. What was the rate per hour of the water level change?

Answer 1

The per hour rate is 0.5 inches per hour

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the rate at which the level of the water increased

Mathematically, we can get this by dividing the amount of increment by the time it took

That would be 3 inches divided by 6 hours

= 3/6 = 0.5 inches per hour