If the canteen has 24 ounces of water and hikers are recommended to drink 24 ounces of water per hour, then the amount of water in the canteen should decrease by approximately 4 ounces every 10 minutes.. A: 0.4 b: -4 c: 4 d: -0.4
To find out the amount of water the canteen should decrease by every 10 minutes, we first need to calculate the amount of water consumed per minute.
Since hikers are recommended to drink 24 ounces of water per hour, we can calculate the amount of water consumed per minute:
24 ounces per hour / 60 minutes per hour = 0.4 ounces per minute
Therefore, the canteen should decrease by approximately 0.4 ounces every 10 minutes.
So, the answer is A: 0.4.
The rate at which the amount of water in the canteen decreases can be calculated by finding the change in ounces per hour and then converting it to ounces per minute.
There are 24 ounces of water in the canteen, and hikers are recommended to drink 24 ounces of water per hour. This means that the change in ounces per hour is 24 ounces.
To convert to ounces per minute, divide the change in ounces per hour by the number of minutes in an hour:
24 ounces/hour รท 60 minutes/hour = 0.4 ounces/minute.
Therefore, the amount of water in the canteen should decrease by approximately 0.4 ounces every 10 minutes.
The correct option is: A) 0.4.