If a pipe can fill a tank in x hours, what fractional part of the tank will be filled in one hour?

2 Answers
Apr 23, 2018

1/x

Explanation:

If it takes x hours to fill a tank, i.e. to fill 1 tank, then in 1 hour, it'll fill 1/x of the tank.

Apr 23, 2018

1/x of it

Explanation:

when we have a number instead of x
case 1:
if a pipe can fill a tank in 5 hrs, what fractional part will be filled in a5hrs? answer: 1/5th of it, the answer is always 1/xths of it