Question

Water is leaking out of a container. At 2:30 p.m., there are 31 pints of water in the container. At 4 p.m., there are 22 pints of water in the container. If the water continues leaking out of the container at the same rate, how much water will be in the container at 6:30 p.m.?

A. 37 Pints
B. 7 Pints
C. 17 Pints
D. 19 Pints

Answer 1

The amount of water in the container at 6:30 p.m. will be 10 pints.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much water will be in the container at 6:30 p.m., we can use the given information. At 2:30 p.m., there were 31 pints of water in the container. At 4 p.m., there were 22 pints of water. So, in a time period of 1.5 hours, 9 pints of water leaked out. Now, we can calculate the rate of leaking per hour by dividing the amount of water leaked (9 pints) by the time period (1.5 hours). The rate of leaking is 6 pints per hour. Since there are 2 hours between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., we can multiply the rate of leaking (6 pints per hour) by the time period (2 hours). This gives us a total of 12 pints that will leak out. Now, to find out how much water will be in the container at 6:30 p.m., we subtract the total amount leaked (12 pints) from the amount at 4 p.m. (22 pints), which gives us 10 pints of water remaining in the container.