Calculating Filling Time for a Large Bottle of Water

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To calculate the filling time for a 193-gallon bottle (730,505 cc) at a rate of 1.8 g/min, first convert the volume to cubic centimeters, noting that 1 cc of water equals 1 g. The conversion shows that filling at 1.8 g/min corresponds to 1.8 cc/min. By dividing the total volume of 730,505 cc by the filling rate of 1.8 cc/min, the total filling time is calculated to be 405,836.1 minutes. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding the relationship between mass and volume in water to solve the problem effectively. The final calculation is confirmed to be accurate.
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Hi, I just started my school year, and we're currently on Measurements. I need help with this one problem that my teacher assigned.

The biggest bottle ever made was 193 gallons (730,505cc). If the bottle were filled with water of a density of 1000 kg/m^3 at the leisurely rate of 1.8 g/min, how long would the filling process take?

If this is not the format or if anything is incorrect in the way I typed this, sorry (notice post counts).

EDIT: I realize that [kg/(kg/min)=min], but I don't know how to get rid of the m^3 on the density part. Thanks in advance.
 
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Every 1000kg you fill you've filled one cubic meter (m^3). Convert the 730 505cc to cubic meters to see how many you need to fill.
 
Okay, based on your advice I got: 405,836.1 minutes. Is it alright if you check this for me?
 
looks good.

Note: A quick trick for this problem is an easy to remember conversion that a cubic centimeter of water has a mass of 1g. Thus filling 1.8 g/min = 1.8 cc/min thus:

\frac{730,505 cc}{\frac{1.8 cc}{min}}} = 405,836.1 min

They gave you that same conversion factor in the question, but in the somewhat less useful form (for this question) of 1m^3 of water = 1000kg

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