Question

a tap drips one drop of water every second.it takes 2400 such drops to fill a 250ml glass.find out how much water was wasted in one day by this dripping tap

Answer 1

Answer :

A tap drips one drop of water every second.
And
it takes 2400 drops to fill a 250 ml glass .

In a day total second = 24 $\times$ 60 $\times$ 60 = 86400 sec

In a day total 250 ml glass can fill = $\frac{86400}{2400}$ = 36 glasses

Total water wasted in a day = 250 $\times$ 36 = 9000 ml

So,
In a day 9000 ml or 9 lt water wasted . ( Ans )