SOLUTION: Mrs.Hwang is taking her vehicle to the shop to have the gas tank expanded by 10 gallons. Now, it costs her $42.56 to fill her tank. Once the new tank is in, it will cost her $72 96
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Question 760863: Mrs.Hwang is taking her vehicle to the shop to have the gas tank expanded by 10 gallons. Now, it costs her $42.56 to fill her tank. Once the new tank is in, it will cost her $72 96. How large is her tank now?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tank will be increased in capacity by a factor of .
Initial volume, v.
The 10 added gallons of capacity makes a volume increase by a factor of approximately 1.71.
switch to decimal approximation:
gallons
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