Question

Water drips from a faucet at a rate of 41 drops/minute. Assuming there are 15,000 drops in a gallon, how many minutes would it take for the dripping faucet to fill a 1.00‑gallon bucket

Answer 1

ANSWER: 370 minutes

It will take 366 minutes for the bucket to fill but to the correct number of significant figures THE ANSWER IS 370 minutes

This answer is correct for Plato

Answer 2

365.85 Minutes

Solution:

According to statement the rate of drops from faucet is,

R = 41 Drops / 1 Minute

And 1 Gallon can be filled by 15000 drops. Therefore, the time for filling 1 Gallon volume by 15000 drops is calculated as,

41 Drops fall in = 1 Minute

So,

15000 Drops will fall in = X Minutes

Solving for X,

X = (15000 Drops × 1 Minute) ÷ 41 Drops

X = 365.85 Minutes