SOLUTION: A gasoline tank on a tractor holds 18 gallons of gasoline. If the tractor requires 7 gallons of gasoline to pow 4 acres, how many acres can the tractor plow with a tankful of gasol

Question 363264: A gasoline tank on a tractor holds 18 gallons of gasoline. If the tractor requires 7 gallons of gasoline to pow 4 acres, how many acres can the tractor plow with a tankful of gasoline?
Answer by Griffinsdad06(8) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide 18 by 7 which is 2.57
This tells you that the tank can consume 7 gallons of gas 2.57 times before it runs out of gas.
Multiply the number of acres each 7 gallons will cut, which is 4 acres by the 2.57 This will give you 10.28
You can cut 10.28 acres with 18 gallons of gas.
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