Question

a large container holds 8 gallons of water. it begins leaking at a constant rate. after 16 minutes, the container has 7 gallons of water left. what’s the rate of water leaking?

Answer 1

0.0625 gallons per minute (g/min)

Explanation:

at the beginning, the container held 8 gallons of water. at the end, it has 7 gallons left. that means that the container lost 1 gallon altogether. it took 16 minutes to lose this amount, so you have to take 1 gallon divided by 16 minutes to get 0.0625 gallons of water lost per minute.