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8. A farm water tower (with a capacity of 615 cubic metres) has sprung a leak. It loses water at the rate of 1 cubic metre an hour. If no one fixes it, when would the tower be empty? (Answer in weeks, days and hours; for example, 2 weeks, 2 days and 5 hours.)

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Given: A farm water tower (with a capacity of 615 cubic metres) has sprung a leak. It loses water at the rate of 1 cubic metre an hour

Find: when would the tower be empty.

Explanation: A capacity of farm water tower is 615 cubic meters.

if it loses water at the rate of 1 cubic meter an hour

it means it take 615 hours to be empty.

[tex]615\text{ hours=}\frac{615}{24}=25.625\text{ days}[/tex]

25.625 conatins 3 weeks= 21 days.

25.625-21=4.625 days.

4.625 days contains 4 days and

[tex]0.625\times24=15\text{ hours}[/tex]

Hence the final answer will be 3 weeks, 4 days and 15 hours .