A fish tank has 35 gallons of water in it, but suddenly starts leaking. Water is leaking from the tank at a rate of 1/4 gallon per minute.

35 - m

Step-by-step explanation:

A tank containing 35 gallons of water is leaking at a rate of gallon per minute.

"m" represents the number of minutes spent

Number of gallons left in the tank = initial amount of water present – leaked amount of water

Number of gallons of water left = 35 gallons – number of minutes spent  rate of leakage.

Number of gallons of water left = 35 gallons – m minutes  1 gallons per minute

both equations and proportions are better.

square root of 36/6 = 2.449489743

square root of 16/6 = 1.632993162

square root of 6 = 2.449489743

the answer is square root of 16/6 because the square root of 36/6 is the same answer as square root of 6 = 2.449489743