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. unit rate of water dripped per day is [tex]\dfrac{8}{5}[/tex] 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

   [tex]number\:of\:10\:hours\:in\:a\:day=\dfrac{24\:hours}{day} *\dfrac{1}{10\:hours} =\dfrac{12}{5} =2.4[/tex]

   there are  [tex]\dfrac{12}{5}[/tex] or 2.4 sets of 10-hours in day.

   Now the unit rate of water dripped per day is

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

   unit rate of water dripped per day is [tex]\dfrac{8}{5}[/tex] or  1.6 gallons.

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2. you would be wasting 57.5 gallons of water each day.

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

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3.   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

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