A gasoline tank is leaking at a rate of n gallons in t hours. If the gasoline cost $2 per gallon, what is the value of the gasoline that will be lost in m minutes?
n gallons / t hours = n/t gallons per hour are leaking
The value of the gas that leaks each hour is $2, so we have:
2n/t dollar per hour is leaking
Value per minute means we divide by 60:
2n/60t
Dividing top and bottom by 2 to simplify, we have:
n/30t
Given m minutes, we multiply to get:
nm/30t
n gallons / t hours = n/t gallons per hour are leaking
The value of the gas that leaks each hour is $2, so we have:
2n/t dollar per hour is leaking
Value per minute means we divide by 60:
2n/60t
Dividing top and bottom by 2 to simplify, we have:
n/30t
Given m minutes, we multiply to get:
nm/30t