A fire engine travels eight miles to a fire at a speed of 55 mph.
It started its journey with 500 gallons of water but its tank has been leaking throughout the journey at a rate of 25 gallons per hour.
If the fire engine uses 495 gallons of water to put out the fire, how many gallons does it have left over?
8/55=0.145 hr in travel Water left: 500-25*0.145=496.37 > 495 which is enough to put out fire
A fire engine travels seven miles to a fire at a speed of 55 mph.
Its tank holds 500 gallons of water but has been leaking throughout its journey at a rate of 25 gallons per hour.
If the fire engine needs 497 gallons of water to put out the fire, will it have sufficient?
A fire engine travels seven miles to a fire at a speed of 40 mph.
Its tank holds 500 gallons of water but has been leaking at a rate of 22.5 gallons per hour throughout the journey.
If the fine engine needs 497 gallons of water to put out the fire, will it have sufficient?
A fire engine travels seven miles to a fire at a speed of 36 mph.
Its tank holds 500 gallons of water but has been leaking at a rate of 20 gallons per hour throughout the journey.
If the fire engine needs 497 gallons of water to put out the fire, will it have enough?
A fire engine travels seven miles to a fire at a speed of 36mph.
Its tank holds 500 gallons of water but it’s been leaking throughout the journey at a rate of 22.5 gallons per hour.
If the fire engine needs 497 gallons of water to put out the fire, will it succeed?
A car has travelled 45 miles at 70 mph.
It started its journey with eight gallons of fuel but its tank has been leaking throughout the journey and is now dry.
The car completes 30 miles per gallon.
How many gallons of fuel does it leak per hour?
