Question

A dripping faucet is wasting 0.5 mL of water every second. How many litersof water does it waste per week? Write your answer with the correct number of significant digits.

Answer 1

we are given

A dripping faucet is wasting 0.5 mL of water every second

so, dropping rate is 0.5mL/seconds

`r=0.5mL/sec`

we have to find amount of waste in 1 week

so, firstly we will find total time in seconds

1 week = 7 days

1 day =24 hours

1 hours =3600 seconds

now, we can change 1 week into seconds

we get

1 week = 7*24*3600 seconds

so, total time is 7*24*3600 sec

`T=7*24*3600`

total amount of water wastes = dropping rate * total time

`w=r*T`

now, we can plug values

`w=0.5*7*24*3600 mL`

`w=302400 mL`

now, we can change into L

1 L =1000 mL

so, we get

`w=302.4 L`

so, total water wastes in 1 week is 302.4 L.........Answer