A water hose had filled up 1⁄3 of a pool after 1⁄2 of an hour. At this rate, how many hours would it take to fill the pool?

A water hose had filled up 1⁄3 of a pool after 1⁄2 of an hour. At this rate, how many hours would it take to fill the pool?

It takes 1.5 hours or 1 hour and 30 min. to fill the pool.

Step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2