Flow rate is equal to volume divided by_____.

Flow rate is equal to volume divided by_____.

• A. Pressure
• B. Time
• C. Gallons
• D. Area

Answer: (B)

Flow rate is how much fluid moves in a given period. It’s volume divided by time. For example, if 120 gallons pass through in 4 minutes, the flow rate is 30 gallons per minute. Pressure drives flow but isn’t the divisor that defines rate. Gallons is a unit of volume, and area is a cross-sectional measure; neither yields a rate when used to divide the volume. So the divisor that gives flow rate is time.

Flow rate is how much fluid moves in a given period. It’s volume divided by time. For example, if 120 gallons pass through in 4 minutes, the flow rate is 30 gallons per minute. Pressure drives flow but isn’t the divisor that defines rate. Gallons is a unit of volume, and area is a cross-sectional measure; neither yields a rate when used to divide the volume. So the divisor that gives flow rate is time.