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Caculating the Flow Rate

We need only convert the given rate of 89,880 gallons per day into thousands of cubic feet per day. We are given that 1 ft3 = 7.49 gallons. Therefore:

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Since we want to find the answer in thousands of cubic feet per hour, the correct answer is 12.

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John Hoggard <hoggard@math.vt.edu>
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