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Steve's empty swimming pool will hold <math> 24,000</math> gallons of water when full. It will be filled by <math> 4</math> hoses, each of which supplies <math> 2.5</math> gallons of water per minute. How many hours will it take to fill Steve's pool?
 
Steve's empty swimming pool will hold <math> 24,000</math> gallons of water when full. It will be filled by <math> 4</math> hoses, each of which supplies <math> 2.5</math> gallons of water per minute. How many hours will it take to fill Steve's pool?
  

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Problem

Steve's empty swimming pool will hold $24,000$ gallons of water when full. It will be filled by $4$ hoses, each of which supplies $2.5$ gallons of water per minute. How many hours will it take to fill Steve's pool?


$\textbf{(A)}\  40  \qquad \textbf{(B)}\   42  \qquad \textbf{(C)}\  44   \qquad \textbf{(D)}\  46   \qquad \textbf{(E)}\   48$