A swimming pool is being filled with water at a rate of 10 gallons per minute. If the pool can hold 500 gallons of water, how many minutes will it take to fill the pool?

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40 minutes
50 minutes
60 minutes
30 minutes

Answer 1

It will take 50 minutes to fill the pool, as 500 gallons divided by 10 gallons per minute equals 50 minutes.