Question

water drips from a faucet at a rate of 41 drops/minute. assuming there are 15,000 drops in a gallon, how many minutes would it take for the dripping faucet to fill a 1-gallon bucket? round your answer to the nearest whole number.

it would take minutes to fill the bucket.

Explanation:

Calculate the total number of drops needed

$$ \text{Total drops} = 1 \text{ gallon} \times 15,000 \text{ drops/gallon} = 15,000 \text{ drops} $$

Calculate the time in minutes

$$ \text{Time} = \frac{15,000 \text{ drops}}{41 \text{ drops/minute}} \approx 365.85 \text{ minutes} $$

Round to the nearest whole number

$$ \text{Rounded Time} = 366 \text{ minutes} $$

Answer:

Water drips from a faucet at a rate of 41 drops/minute. Assuming there are 15,000 drops in a gallon, how many minutes would it take for the dripping faucet to fill a 1-gallon bucket? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

It would take <blank>366</blank> minutes to fill the bucket.