Question

Suppose 4.6 liters of water come out of a faucet each minute. For how many minutes was the faucet on if 52.9 liters of water came out?

Answer 1

The faucet would be on for 11.5 minutes for 52.9 liters of water to come out.

Explanation:

The formula for this is `l = 4.6t` where `l` is the number of liters from the faucet and `t` is the time or number of minutes the faucet was on. Substituting what is known and solving gives:

`52.9 = 4.6t`

`52.9/4.6 = 4.6t/4.6`

`11.5 = t`