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Company A would take 260 minutes more than Company B for filling 2400 liters of water in Anil's tank when the rate at which Company A fills is 8 liters in 1 minute and 40 seconds, while the rate at which Company B fills is 2.2 gallons per minute.
What is the meaning of rate?
Rate is the ratio of quantity to time.
[tex]RATE = \frac{QUANTITY}{TIME}[/tex].
How to solve the question?
In the question, we are asked to find the time which Company A takes more than Company B for filling a water tank of 2400 liters when Company A fills water at a rate of 8 liters in 1 minute and 40 seconds, while the rate at which Company B fills is 2.2 gallons per minute.
For Company A:
The capacity of the tank = 2400 liters
Rate = 8 liters in 1 minute and 40 seconds
Now, 1 minute and 40 seconds = 1 + 40/60 minutes = 1.67 minute
Therefore, the actual rate = 8/1.67 = 4.8 liters per minute.
Therefore, the time taken by Company A = 2400/4.8 minutes = 500 minutes.
For Company B:
The capacity of the tank = 2400 liters.
We know 1 gallon = 4.54 liters,
or, 1/4.54 gallons = 1 liter.
Therefore, the capacity of the tank = 2400 * (1/4.54) gallons = 528.634 gallons.
Rate = 2.2 gallons per minute.
Therefore, the time taken by Company B = 528.634/2.2 minutes = 240.288 minutes.
Therefore, the time that Company A takes more than Company B = 500 - 240.288 minutes = 259.712 minutes ≈ 260 minutes.
The given question is an incomplete question. The complete question is:
"A water tank is empty.
Anil needs to fill the tank with 2400 liters of water.
Company A supplies water at a rate of 8 liters in 1 minute and 40 seconds.
Company B supplies water at a rate of 2.2 gallons per minute.
1 gallon = 4.54 liters.
Company A would take more time to fill the tank than Company B would take to fill the tank.
How much more time?
Give your answer in minutes correct to the nearest minute."
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