A gasoline tank is leaking at a rate of n gallons in t hours. If the gasoline cost $2 per gallon, wh

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    A gasoline tank is leaking at a rate of n gallons in t hours. If the gasoline cost $2 per gallon, what is the value of the gasoline that will be lost in m minutes?

    n gallons / t hours = n/t gallons per hour are leaking

    The value of the gas that leaks each hour is $2, so we have:
    2n/t dollar per hour is leaking

    Value per minute means we divide by 60:
    2n/60t

    Dividing top and bottom by 2 to simplify, we have:
    n/30t

    Given m minutes, we multiply to get:
    nm/30t
     

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