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Question

A kitchen sink faucet streams 0.5 gallons of water in 10 seconds. A bathroom sink faucet streams 0.75 gallons in 18 seconds Which faucet will fill a 3-gallon container faster?

Answer 1

Hi Alice, we need to calculate the rate per second for each by dividing gallons / seconds 

 

Kitchen: 0.5 gallons in 10 seconds = 0.05 gallons in 1 second...(0.5 gallons / 10 seconds = 0.05 gallons / second)

 

Bathroom: 0.75 gallons in 18 seconds = 0.042 gallons in 1 second...(0.75 gallons / 18 seconds = 0.042 gallons / second)

 

So the kitchen sink fills faster