An oil tanker empties at 3.5 gallons per minute. How do you express this rate as cups per seconds, rounded to the nearest tenth?

1 Answer
Dec 16, 2016

#0.9# cups per second (to the nearest tenth).

Explanation:

#{:(2" cups"," : ",1" pint"),(2" pints"," : ",1" quart"),(4" quarts"," : ",1" gallon"):}rArr{:(16" cups"," : ",1" gallon"):}#

#rarr 3.5" gallons" = 16 xx 3.5 " cups" = 56" cups"#

#{:(60" seconds"," : ",1" minute"):}#

#rarr (3.5" gallons")/(1" minute")=(56" cups")/(60" seconds") =0.93bar3 "cups"/"minute"#