Water Container Problem: Calculate Time to Reach 160L Capacity from 48L

Question

There are two water containers. The first container is empty, whilst the second contains 48 liters of water.

How long will in take for the second container to reach full capacity?

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Step-by-Step Solution

Let's begin by observing the blue line that represents the second container.

Note that it will be full at the point where it starts to become a continuous line.

Hence let's draw a vertical line from this point to the X-axis which marks the minutes.

We can observe that the line reaches 22, meaning the container will be full in 22 minutes.

Answer

22 minutes