If a pipe is leaking at 1.5 cups per day how many gallons per week is the pipe leaking
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
Pipe leaking 1.5 cups per day
Determine how many gallons leaked per week,
1 gallon = 16 cups
Solution:
In order to determine how many gallons are leaked per week, we multiply first 1.5 cups per day by 7 since 1 week has 7 days.
= (1.5)(7)
= 10.5 cups
Now that we know that 10.5 cups are leaked per week, we will convert it to gallon. 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups, therefore in order for 10.5 cups to be converted into gallon, we will divide it by 16.
= 10.5/16
= 0.656 gallons
Final answer: 0.656 gallons are leaked per week.