Pregunta
- A different aquarium should contain 15,000 liters of water when filled correctly. It w
overflow if it gets to 17,600 liters.
One day there is an accident and the tank cracks in 4 places. Water flows out of each
crack at a rate of
liter per hour. An emergency pump can re-fill the tank at a rate o
liters per minute. How many minutes must the pump run to replace the water lost
hour?
overflow if it gets to 17,600 liters.
One day there is an accident and the tank cracks in 4 places. Water flows out of each
crack at a rate of
liters per minute. How many minutes must the pump run to replace the water lost
hour?
Ask by Delgado Lambert. in the United States
Jan 23,2025
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The pump must run for
minutes to replace the water lost in one hour.
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To find out how much water is lost per hour through the cracks, we can do the following calculations: Each of the 4 cracks releases
liter per hour, so the total loss from all cracks is
liters per hour.
Now, to determine how much the emergency pump needs to run, we need its rate of filling. If it fills at a certain rate, let’s say
liters per minute, you want to convert that to liters per hour. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, the pump fills
liters per hour.
To replace the water lost, you set up the equation:
. Solving for
gives you
liters per minute.
For the pump to replace the 2 liters lost in one hour, it must run for 2 minutes. If the pump runs for 2 minutes at this rate, it will replace the lost water, keeping your aquarium full and happy!

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