Question

A water tank is filled. The total capacity of the tank is 31,334.33 gallons. In the first hour, 34.75% of the tank was filled. If it took another hour to fill the tank to full capacity, approximately how many gallons of water were filled in the last hour?

Answer 1

20,445.65 gallons

Explanation:

The remaining 65.25% of the tank was filled in the last hour, so the amount was ...

(0.6525)(32,334.33 gal) = 20,445.65 gal

In the last hour, 20,445.65 gallons were filled.