An above-ground pool is leaking. After 1/2 hours the pool has leaked 7/8 of a gallon of water. How many gallons of water per hour is the swimming pool leaking?
To find the number of gallons of water per hour that the swimming pool is leaking, we need to divide the amount of water leaked by the time it took to leak that amount.
In this case, the pool leaked 7/8 of a gallon of water in 1/2 hour. To calculate the leakage per hour, we need to multiply the amount of leakage over 1/2 hour by 2 (to account for the full hour).
First, let's find the amount of water leaked per hour:
(7/8 gallon) / (1/2 hour) = (7/8) * (2/1) = (7/8) * 2 = 7/4 = 1.75 gallons
Therefore, the swimming pool is leaking 1.75 gallons of water per hour.