The drain in your 45-gallon bathtub is partially clogged, but you need to take a shower. the showerhead had a flow rate of 2.25 gallons per minute, but the bathtub only drains at a rate of -0.5 gallons per minute. what is the longest shower you can take?

  25 minutes 42 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

The tub will fill at the rate of ...

  2.25 gal/min - 0.50 gal/min = 1.75 gal/min

It will take ...

  45 gal/(1.75 gal/min) ≈ 25.714 min

for the tub to fill.

You can shower for about 25 minutes 42 seconds.

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