Question

Tiffany is filling her daughter’s pool with water from a hose. She can fill the pool at a rate of 1/10 gallon/seconds.How many gallons of water can she fill in 50 seconds

Answer 1

5 gallons

Explanation:

If she can do 1/10 gallon per seconds, that means she can do 5/50.

You can write it as this ratio:

1/10 = x/50.

You know that 10 * 5 = 50.

Since it is a constant ratio, it has to be 1 * 5 = x

Since 1 * 5 = 5, Tiffany can fill the pool 5 gallons per 50 seconds.