The flow of water can fill a 4-gallon container in 28 seconds.
Given:
Number of gallons = 4
Time = 28 seconds
Hence, the ratio of gallons to seconds will be 4 : 28
[tex]\begin{gathered} As\text{ a rate in gallons per second = }\frac{\text{number of gallons}}{time\text{ taken}} \\ As\text{ a rate in gallons per second = }\frac{4}{28}=\frac{1}{7} \\ As\text{ a reduced fraction, the rate in gallons per second is }\frac{1}{7}\text{gallons per second} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the faucet fills the container at the rate of 1/7 gallon per second
