Ms.Waddell put a 12-inch tall bucket under a leak in her sink. The bucket fills at a constant rate of 1/2 inch in every 1/6 of an hour. How many hours will it take to fill the bucket?

To solve this question you will simply make a ratio type equation. You know that every 1/6 of an hour, or every 10 minutes, the bucket will fill 1/2 an inch. The bucket is 12 inches tall.

[tex]\frac{10 min}{1/2 inch} = \frac{x min}{12 inches}[/tex]

Cross multiply

[tex]120=\frac{1}{2} x[/tex]

[tex]x=240 min[/tex]

Convert minutes to inches

[tex]\frac{240 min}{1} * \frac{1 hr}{60 min} = 4 hr[/tex]

Final answer: 4 hours

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Ms.Waddell put a 12-inch tall bucket under a leak in her sink. The bucket fills at a constant rate of 1/2 inch in every 1/6 of an hour. How many hours will it take to fill the bucket?