If your faucet drips at 1 drop per second, it will dispense 6000 gallons of waters per year you have three faucets in your house which leak at 3 drops of water per second how many gallons of water will leak from these faucets in six months
Q. If your faucet drips at 1 drop per second, it will dispense 6000 gallons of waters per year you have three faucets in your house which leak at 3 drops of water per second how many gallons of water will leak from these faucets in six months
Determine Rate of Leakage: Determine the rate at which one faucet leaks water in gallons per year. One drop per second equals 6000 gallons per year for one faucet. This is given in the problem statement.
Calculate Annual Leakage: Calculate the annual leakage for one faucet that leaks at 3 drops per second.Since one drop per second equals 6000 gallons per year, three drops per second would be three times as much.3 drops/second×6000 gallons/year=18000 gallons/year for one faucet.
Total Annual Leakage: Calculate the total annual leakage for all three faucets.We have three faucets leaking at the same rate, so we multiply the annual leakage of one faucet by three.18000 gallons/year/faucet ∗3 faucets = 54000 gallons/year for all three faucets.
Convert to Six-Month Leakage: Convert the annual leakage to a six-month leakage.Since there are 12 months in a year, six months is half a year. Therefore, we need to divide the annual leakage by two to find the leakage for six months.54000gallons/year/2=27000gallons for six months.