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Accumulation of change

Problem

A water cooler springs a leak and empties in 2 minutes. The graph below shows the rate at which water leaks from the cooler as a function of time.
How much water was in the cooler before it started leaking?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
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