Middle School

Two containers filled with water are leaking.

- Container A leaks at a rate of \(\frac{1}{4}\) gallon per hour.
- Container B leaks at a rate of \(\frac{1}{8}\) gallon per half hour.

Determine which container is leaking water more rapidly.

Answer :

The water leaks more rapidly from container A.

What is rate?

Rate is a measurement to determine the change in one quantity with respect to another quantity.

Given that,

The rate of leaking water from container A = 1/4 gallon per hour,

And the rate of leaking water from container B = 1/8 gallon per hour.

Since, container A leaks 1/4 or 0.25 gallon water in one hour.

And container B leaks 1/8 or 0.125 gallon water in one hour.

Implies that From container A, water is leaking rapidly.

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Container a because 1/4 is 25% and 1/8 is 0.125

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