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Ronald is calculating the time required to fill the swimming pool at school. He found that it takes 9 minutes to fill the swimming pool with 81 gallons of water. At what rate does the swimming pool fill, in gallons per minute?

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Answer:

9

Step-by-step explanation:

81 gallons per 9 minutes

This can be thought of as a fraction:

[tex]\frac{81gallons}{9 minutes}[/tex]

divide the top and bottom of the fraction by 9 to make the bottom 1

[tex]\frac{9 gallons}{1 minute}[/tex]

remove the gallons per minute to a separate fraction

9 [tex]\frac{gallons}{minute}[/tex]

Answer:

It takes 9min

Step-by-step explanation:

9min:8g

 ÷9  ÷9

1min:9g

The swimming pool fills at 9 gallons per minute.