A pipe carrying water splits into two pipes. Water flows at a rate of 2.5 gallon

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A pipe carrying water splits into two pipes. Water flows at a rate of 2.5 gallons/min. into the pipe on the left. Water flows out of the top pipe at a rate that is 1?2 of that flowing out of the bottom pipe. What is the rate of water flow out of the pipes on the right? ??

A pipe carrying water splits into two pipes. Water flows at a rate of 2.5 gallons/min. into the pipe on the left. Water flows out of the top pipe at a rate that is 1?2 of that flowing out of the bottom pipe. What is the rate of water flow out of the pipes on the right? ??

Explanation / Answer

top pipe: 2.5/3 = 0.833 gallons/min

bottom pipe: 2*(2.5/3) = 1.67 gallons/min

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