Water is pumped into a storage tank at a constant rate of litres per minute

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · AoPS · Mathematics · Proportion · Proportion

Problem

Water is pumped into a storage tank at a constant rate of rr litres per minute. In 7 minutes the pump delivers 157.5 litres of water. (a) Form an equation in one variable representing this information. (b) Determine the pumping rate rr in litres per minute. (c) At the same rate, how many litres of water will the pump deliver in 24 minutes?

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