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A water tank doubles in volume every hour. If the tank is full at 11:00 AM, at what time was it a quarter full?
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3 stepsUnderstand the doubling rate.
The amount of water in the tank doubles every hour.
Work backward from the full state.
At 11:00h, the tank was full. Let the full volume be .
One hour before 11:00h, at 10:00h, the tank must have been half full, because it doubled to become full by 11:00h.
So, at 10:00h, the volume was .Continue working backward to find when it was a quarter full.
One hour before 10:00h, at 09:00h, the tank must have been a quarter full, because it doubled to become half full by 10:00h.
So, at 09:00h, the volume was .The tank was a quarter full at 09:00h.
Comparing this with the given options:
A 08:00h
B 09:00h
C 09:30h
D 10:00h
E 10:15hThe correct option is B.
The final answer is .
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