SOLUTION: While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas i
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Question 531545: While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge
reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full.
How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold?
Show or explain how you got your answer.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge
reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full.
How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold?
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Equation:
Let "x" be the tank's capacity.
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[(1/8)x + 15] = (3/4)x
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(6/8)x - (1/8)x = 15
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(5/8)x = 15
x = (8/5)*15
x = 24 gallons (tank capacity)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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