Sarah's parents are filling their swimming pool. her pool holds 22,000 gallons. it takes 16 hours to fill. what unit would you use to represent the rate that water is flowing into the pool? a) hours b) gallons c) gallons per hour d) gallons per minute

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown bellow:

 1. The problem gives you the following information:

 - Her pool holds 22,000 gallons.
 - The pool takes 16 hours to fill.

 2. Then, you have that the rate is:

 rate=22,000 gallons/16 hours
 rate=1375 gallons/hours 

 What unit would you use to represent the rate that water is flowing into the pool?

 The correct answer is the option C: C) Gallons per hour