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A water tank holds 648 gallons but is leaking at a rate of 4 gallons per week. A second water tank holds 864 gallons but is leaking at a rate of 7 gallons per week. After how many weeks will the amount of water in the two tanks be the same?


The amount of water in the two tanks will be the same in ________ weeks.

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The first tank contains

486 gal - (4 gal/week) t

gal of water after t weeks.

Similarly, the second tank contains

648 gal - (7 gal/week) t

gal of water.

The tanks hold the same amount of water when these two amounts are equal:

486 gal - (4 gal/week) t = 648 gal - (7 gal/week) t

(7 gal/week) t - (4 gal/week) t = 648 gal - 486 gal

(3 gal/week) t = 162 gal

t = (162 gal) / (3 gal/week)

t = 54 weeks

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