Question

A pool is draining at a constant rate. Five minutes ago, the pool had 180 gallons of water in the pool. Now there is 120 gallons of water remaining in the pool. How many more minutes will it take for the pool to drain completely?

A. 2 minutes

B. 5 minutes

C. 8 minutes

D. 10 minutes

Answer 1

Answer:

10minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

pool drained in 5 minutes from 180 gallons to 120 gallons

that is, it took 5minutes to drain 60 gallons of water

hence,it will take 120 * 5/60 = 10 minutes.

Answer 2

Answer:

180-120=60

SO, IN 5 MIN IT DROPS 60 GALLONS OF WATER.

THAN ,

WE GOT 60 GALLONS IN 5 MIN

SO , 120 HAS 2s 60 . AND AS WE KNOW 60 GALLONS IN 5 MIN

SO , 120 GALLON IN 10 MIN

Step-by-step explanation:

ANS = 10 MIN