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a pipe is leaking at 12 fuid ounces per miniate. use dimentinal anylyasis to find out how many galons the pipe is leaking out per hour

 Sep 13, 2016
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what do you need "dimentional analysis" for something as simple as a leaking pipe?

 

I American gallon =128 fluid ounces

12 fluid ounces are leaking per minute, therefore:

12 x 60 =720 fluid ounces of water leaking in 1 hour.

720 / 128 =5.625 gallons of water leaking in 1 hour.

 Sep 13, 2016

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