A large container holds 8 gallons of water. It begins leaking at a constant rate. After 48 minutes, the container has 2 gallons of water left.

At what rate is the water leaking? Express your answer as a positive value.

48 minutes = 2 gallons gone
If you divide both sides by 2
you see that 1 gallon is gone in 24 minutes
1 gallon gone = 24 minutes
Which means 1 gallon is gone per every 24 minutes
Also meaning that 1/24 gallons leak per minute.
So it's leaking at 1/24 gallons per minute.
Does that help?

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A large container holds 8 gallons of water. It begins leaking at a constant rate. After 48 minutes, the container has 2 gallons of water left. At what rate is the water leaking? Express your answer as a positive value.

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A large container holds 8 gallons of water. It begins leaking at a constant rate. After 48 minutes, the container has 2 gallons of water left.

At what rate is the water leaking? Express your answer as a positive value.