5. It is recommended that hikers drink 24 ounces of water an hour. If a canteen has 24 ounces of water, how much should the amount of water in the canteen change every 10 minutes?(1 point)
Responses
0.4 ounces
0.4 ounces
-4 ounces
-4 ounces
4 ounces
4 ounces
-0.4 ounces
The correct answer is -0.4 ounces.
To calculate how much the amount of water in the canteen should change every 10 minutes, we need to determine how many 10-minute intervals are in an hour. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour and 10 minutes in an interval, we can calculate:
60 minutes ÷ 10 minutes = 6 intervals
Dividing the recommended amount of water by the number of intervals, we get:
24 ounces ÷ 6 intervals = 4 ounces
Therefore, the amount of water in the canteen should change by 4 ounces every 10 minutes.