You find out your faucet is leaking 10 pints of water every 3 hours. After 6 hours, how many gallons of water will have leaked from the faucet?
How do I solve this problem?
6 hours is twice as long as 3 hours, so twice as many pints will leak: 2*10 = 20
So now you have to ask, how many gallons is that?
one gallon is 8 pints, so I think now you should have no trouble.
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To solve this problem, we first need to convert pints to gallons, as the question asks for the answer in gallons. Here's how to do it:
1. Convert pints to gallons:
- There are 8 pints in a gallon, so divide the number of pints (10) by 8 to get the equivalent gallons: 10/8 = 1.25 gallons.
2. Calculate the amount leaked after 6 hours:
- Since the faucet leaks 10 pints every 3 hours, it would leak 20 pints (10 pints x 2 times) in 6 hours.
- Using the conversion we obtained in step 1, we can now calculate the equivalent gallons: 20 pints x 1.25 gallons/pint = 25 gallons.
Therefore, after 6 hours, the faucet would have leaked 25 gallons of water.