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11 August, 08:01

The fountain in the pond behind Kevins school has a pump that recirculates 60 gallons of water every 1/5 of an hour. Express this rate as a unit rate in gallons per hour?

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  1. 11 August, 08:24
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    The necessary information's are already given in the question. Based on those information's the answer to the question can be easily determined.

    Amount of water recirculated by the pump in 1/5 of an hour = 60 gallons

    we already know

    1/5 of an hour = (1/5) * 60 minutes

    = 12 minutes

    Then

    Amount of water recirculated by

    the pump in 60 minutes = (60/12) * 60 gallons

    = 5 * 60 gallons

    = 300 gallons

    So the amount of water recirculated by the pump per hour is 300 gallons.
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