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A worker fills a 15,000-gallon

swimming pool at a rate of 50 gallons
per minute. How many minutes will
it take for the pool to be filled
halfway?

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User Awimley
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150 minutes. (15,000/2)=7,500 which is 1/2 of the pool. If it fills 50 gallons per minute you’ll want to divide that by 50;(7,500/50) which equals 150
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