High School

The janitor at a school discovered a leak in a pipe. The janitor found that it was leaking at a rate of 23 fl oz per hour. How fast was the pipe leaking in gallons per day?

Answer :

The pipe leaking in gallons per day is [tex]\frac{69}{16}[/tex] gallons/day.

The Janitor find the leakage in the pipe at a rate of [tex]23[/tex] fl oz per hour.

We have to find how fast was the pipe leaking in gallons per day​.

To find the leaking in gallons per day​ we have to convert [tex]23[/tex] fl oz per hour into gallons per day.

As we know that

[tex]1[/tex] gallon[tex]=128[/tex] fl oz

So [tex]1[/tex] fl oz[tex]=\frac{1}{128}[/tex] gallons

There are [tex]24[/tex] hours in a day so we multiply with [tex]24[/tex] to convert in day.

So the expression should be

[tex]=23[/tex] fl oz/hours[tex]\times\frac{1}{128}[/tex] gallons/fl oz[tex]\times24[/tex] hours/day

[tex]=\frac{23\times24}{128}[/tex] gallons/day

[tex]=\frac{23\times3}{16}\\[/tex] gallons/day

[tex]=\frac{69}{16}[/tex] gallons/day

Hence, the pipe leaking in gallons per day is [tex]\frac{69}{16}[/tex] gallons/day.

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