# A faucet drips 23 gallon of water in 10 hours. Which rate is the unit rate of water dripped per day?

A faucet drips 23 gallon of water in 10 hours.
Which rate is the unit rate of water dripped per day?

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1. caitybugking says:

unit rate of water dripped per day is $\dfrac{8}{5}$ or  1.6 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

We fist have to ask ourselves how many 10 hours are in a day— the answer is

$number\:of\:10\:hours\:in\:a\:day=\dfrac{24\:hours}{day} *\dfrac{1}{10\:hours} =\dfrac{12}{5} =2.4$

there are  $\dfrac{12}{5}$ or 2.4 sets of 10-hours in day.

Now the unit rate of water dripped per day is

$\dfrac{2/3\:gallons}{10\:hours}*\dfrac{12}{5} = \dfrac{8}{5} =1.6\:gallons/day$

unit rate of water dripped per day is $\dfrac{8}{5}$ or  1.6 gallons.

2. thevampsrock3 says:

you would be wasting 57.5 gallons of water each day.

Step-by-step explanation:tell me if you want an explanation

3. michneidredep7427 says:

55.2 gallons/day

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 2.4 ten-hour periods in one day, so the total number of gallons per day is ...

(2.4 periods/day)(23 gallons/period) = 55.2 gallons/day