How many gallons of water will be in the fish tank after 3 minutes? how can you explain your answer

The question is incomplete, the complete question is;

If in 0.5 min the tank gets 0.8 gallons of the water then

how many gallons will be in 1 min ?

how many gallons will be in 3 min?

and how long it takes for 40 gallons?

1.6 gallons

4.8 gallons

25 mins

Step-by-step explanation:

This question has to do with proportion.

If it takes 0.5 mins for the tank to get 0.8 gallons

in 1 minute the tank will get 0.8 * 1/0.5 = 1.6 gallons

In 3 minutes the tank will get 3 * 1.6 gallons = 4.8 gallons

if it takes 1 min to get 1.6 gallons

it will take x mins to get 40 gallons

x = 1 * 40/1.6 = 25 mins