Question

A rain barrel can hold 72 gallons of water. As it rained last week, water entered the

barrel at a rate of 2 gallons every 6 hours. At this rate, how long will it take the rain
barrel to fill?

(show how you hit the answer if you can)

Answer 1

Answer: Correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s 216 hours

Step-by-step explanation: every 24 hour you get 8 gallons so do 24 x 10 you get 240 hours and that gets you 80 gallons so you minus 8 gallons so take off 24 hours and you get your answer