It's Saturday morning and Jim discovered he has leak coming from the water heater in his attic. He places a bucket under the drip. In half a hour, the bucket is 1/5 full. What is the rate of which the water is leaking per hour?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-05T14:35:18

#2/5# ths of bucket per hour

In half an hour bucket is #1/5# full
So in double time i.e. in 1 hour bucket will be filled #2/5#ths
And so the rate is #2/5#ths bucket per hour