SOLUTION: The fuel tank of your gas-powered scooter is 1/8 full. After adding 90 fluid ounces of fuel, the tank is 3/4 full.
a. How much can the tank hold?
b. How much fuel was originally
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Question 838399: The fuel tank of your gas-powered scooter is 1/8 full. After adding 90 fluid ounces of fuel, the tank is 3/4 full.
a. How much can the tank hold?
b. How much fuel was originally in the tank?
c. How much fuel is in the tank when it is 2/3 full?
This is 6th grade math, not algebra and I need to teach my son how to solve this problem on his own. Thanks for your help.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fluid ounces that was added made
up the difference between full and full
Note that , and the difference
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This is saying that of the tank holds fluid ounces
Each of these 1/8's holds of
So of a tank holds of
times is a full tank, so 1 tank contains
(a)
The tank holds 144 fluid ounces
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(b)
Originally there was fluid ounces
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(c)
fluid ounces
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Hope this helps
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