Question

The football team has an orange water jug and a blue water jug. The orange container is full with 3,000 mL of water and leaks 8 mL per minute. The blue container only has 2,000 mL of water and leaks 5 mL per minute. After how many minutes will the two containers have the same amount of water? (ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER) *

Answer 1

333 minutes

Explanation:

Let us represent

The number of minutes as = x

The football team has an orange water jug and a blue water jug.

The orange container is full with 3,000 mL of water and leaks 8 mL per minute.

3000ml - 8ml× x

= 3000 - 8x ........ Equation 1

The blue container only has 2,000 mL of water and leaks 5 mL per minute.

2000ml - 5ml× x

= 2000 - 5x ........ Equation 2

We solve this question by equating both Equations together

Orange container = Blue container

3000 - 8x = 2000 - 5x

Collect like terms

3000 - 2000 = 8x - 5x

1000 = 3x

x = 1000/3

x = 333.33333333 minutes

Therefore, approximately to the nearest whole number, the two containers have the same amount of water after 333 minutes