Including yourself, you have an 11-man squad prepared to build fortifications for the next six hours. It is 98-degrees in the shade. You have directed each soldier to drink one quart of water per hour duing this period. Each individual has two 1-quart canteens full of water. How many five-gallon cans will it take to provide the rest of the required drinking water?

Question

Including yourself, you have an 11-man squad prepared to build fortifications for the next six hours. It is 98-degrees in the shade. You have directed each soldier to drink one quart of water per hour duing this period. Each individual has two 1-quart canteens full of water. How many five-gallon cans will it take to provide the rest of the required drinking water?

11 times 6= 66
98 degrees is extra info.
1 quart of water times 66= 66 quarts and go from there

You also need to be careful about what the "rest" means. It is unclear to me. Is that after the initial quart for each member?

Don't forget to convert your five-gallon cans to quarts, so you will be using the same units throughout the problem.

I hope this helps a little more. Thnaks for asking.

Answer 1

To determine the total amount of water required for the 11-man squad during the six-hour period, you can multiply the number of soldiers (11) by the number of hours (6) and the amount of water each soldier needs per hour (1 quart).

11 soldiers * 6 hours * 1 quart = 66 quarts of water

Since each soldier already has two 1-quart canteens, the total amount of water provided by the canteens is:

11 soldiers * 2 canteens * 1 quart per canteen = 22 quarts

To determine the amount of water that still needs to be provided (the "rest" mentioned in the question), subtract the amount provided by the canteens from the total amount required:

66 quarts - 22 quarts = 44 quarts

Now, to convert the remaining quarts of water needed to gallons (since the question asks for the number of five-gallon cans), divide the remaining quarts by 4 (since there are 4 quarts in a gallon):

44 quarts / 4 quarts per gallon = 11 gallons

Finally, since there are 5 gallons in each can, divide the total gallons needed by 5 to find the number of five-gallon cans required:

11 gallons / 5 gallons per can = 2.2 cans

Since we can't have 0.2 of a can, you would need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, it would take 3 five-gallon cans to provide the rest of the required drinking water for the 11-man squad.