If you have a leaky faucet dripping at a rate of one drop per second (drip drip drip)and it takes 20 drops to equal one mL, how many liters of water do you waste per year

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- One drop per second means 60 drops per minute (1x60).
- In one hour it would be 3,600 drops (60x60).
- In one day it would be 86,400 drops (3,600x24).
- In one year it would be 31,536,000 drops (86,400x365).
- Since it takes 20 drops to equal one mL, we divide the total drops by 20 to get the total mL wasted.
- 31,536,000 divided by 20 equals 1,576,800 mL of water wasted per year.
- To convert mL to liters, we divide by 1000.
- 1,576,800 divided by 1000 equals 1,576.8 L of water wasted per year.
- Rounded to the nearest hundred, the answer is 1,500 L.

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