SOLUTION: Your family is taking a long-distance car trip. You begin with 17 gallons of gasoline in the fuel tank. Your car uses 4 gallons per hour of driving. You want to stop when there is
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Question 1005008: Your family is taking a long-distance car trip. You begin with 17 gallons of gasoline in the fuel tank. Your car uses 4 gallons per hour of driving. You want to stop when there is exactly one gallon of gas left in the tank.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Consume 16 gallons.
Rate is 4(gallons/hour).
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