Question

Anita is filling a small pool for her kids. Currently, there are 60 gallons of water in the pool and she is filling the pool at a rate of 50 gallons every 5 minutes. The pool holds 200 gallons of water.

Which equation represents the amount of minutes ( m) that it will take to fill the pool?

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

200 - 60 = 140

140/50 = 2.8

2.8 x 5 = 14

Answer 2

The equation which represents the amount of minutes.m that it will take to fill the pool is 200 = 60 + 10m

Which equation represents the amount of minutes ( m) that it will take to fill the pool?

Let

m = amount of minutes that it will take to fill the pool

Gallons of water in the pool = 60 gallons

Capacity of the pool = 200 gallons

Additional gallons added per minutes = 50 gallons / 5

= 10 gallons per minutes

The equation:

200 = 60 + 10m

200 - 60 = 10m

140 = 10m

Divide both sides by 10

m = 140/10

m = 14 minutes

Therefore, it takes Anita 14 minutes to fill the pool.