Question

A water faucet in Sams backyard filled a 15 gallon hot tub in 2.5 minutes. What is the average flow rate of water from the water faucet in gallons per minute?

Answer 1

The average flow rate of water from the water faucet is 6 gallons per minute.

Explanation:

Given:

Amount of water in hot tub = 15 gallon

Time required to fill the hot tub =2.5 mins

We need to find the average flow rate of water from the water faucet in gallons per minute.

Solution:

The average flow rate of water from the water faucet in gallons per minute can be calculated by dividing Amount of water in hot tub with Time required to fill the hot tub.

framing in equation form we get;

The average flow rate of water =
`(15)/(2.5) = 6 \ gallons/minute`

Hence The average flow rate of water from the water faucet is 6 gallons per minute.