a faucet leaks 3 oz. of water per minute. How many gallons (128 oz.) of water are wasted in a year?

Question

there are 128 ounces of water in a gallon. This faucet purportedly leaks 3 ounces every minute. Over the course of 1 calendar year, how many gallons of water are wasted from said faucet? 

Answer 1

There are 1440 minutes per day, So, in 1 day, 3⋅1440 = 4320 oz leaks out.  Dividing by 128, we have 33.75 gallons of leakage per day. Therefore, in 1 year, the faucet has leaked 365⋅33.75 = 12,318.75 gal.

 

12,318.75 gallons/year.

Answer 2

You have to find out how many minutes are in a year:

 

3 oz  X 60 minutes (to get to an hour) X 24 (to get to day) x 365 (to get to a year) = 1,757,800 oz or (divide by 128) 12,318.75 gallons in a year.