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A pool is leaking water at a constant rate. The amount of water inside the pool changes by -1 1/4What is the total change of the water in the pool after 2 1/2 hours?

Sagot :

We have the following:

The first thing is to pass the mixed numbers to fractional numbers, like this

[tex]\begin{gathered} -1\frac{1}{4}=-\frac{4+1}{4}=-\frac{5}{4} \\ 2\frac{1}{2}=\frac{4+1}{2}=\frac{5}{2} \end{gathered}[/tex]

now, to know the change, we must multiply the exchange rate by the time elapsed thus

[tex]-\frac{5}{4}\cdot\frac{5}{2}=-\frac{25}{8}=-3\frac{1}{8}[/tex]

The total change is -3 1/8 or -25/8