Water Word Problem by https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3 I will be doing a word problem on global water usage and how there is severe drought in some African undeveloped countries. en-us 2016-11-02 13:03:03 UTC 2025-11-21 15:46:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Information on droughts in Morocco  pcgustaf https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/134752828 Morocco is a country in Northwestern Africa that has been severely affected by drought.]]> 2016-11-02 13:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/134752828 The importance of wheat in their economy  pcgustaf https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/134755798 Wheat is Morocco's staple crop, and the average Moroccan eats almost three times as much as the global average and American average. They have had a 77% decrease in water since last September. They usually produce about 4 million tons of wheat per year, and this drought has devastated their economy because they are now only producing 1.5 million tons per year. Their economic growth has slowed from 3.8 percent/year to 1.2 percent. Even the King has asked all citizens to pray for rain, but it may be too late. Rain is welcome, but the damage has been done. ]]> 2016-11-02 13:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/134755798 The problem information pcgustaf https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/140795583 When pumping water from a tanker using a pipe into a storage tank, the pipe leaks at a rate, x, gallons per hour.
The water in the tank evaporates at 67.3 gallons per day. 
A farmer takes the water from the tank at a given amount per day, y.
The tank's full capacity is 25,000 gallons, and the tanker pumps in 568 gallons per hour, not including the leak. The tank will become full in]]> 2016-11-30 13:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/140795583 The equations I used and answer pcgustaf https://padlet.com/pcgustaf/tm0h1nf3z6n3/wish/140799265 25,000/(568-x)-(67.3/24)= 426.196     x= 128

1.  You subtract 568 from the left side and then subtract it also from the right, shown here:

25,000(568-x)-(67.3/24)= 426.196
             -568                          -568
2. Then rewrite the equation,
25,000(-x)-(67.3/24)= -141.804

3. Then, you subtract 25,000 from -141.804 and itself on the left side

25,000(-x)-(67.3/24)= -141.804
-25,000                           -25,000

4. Rewriting it again,

(-x)-67.3/24)= -25,141.804

5. You multiply both 67.3 and -25,141.804 by 24, and thus canceling -67.3/24, and getting you your (I can already tell horribly incorrect) answer.

6. Another time, rewriting

(-x)= -603403.296

7.Since x is negative, you make it positive, and you make the right side positive too, and you get your answer:

x= 603403

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