document.write( "Question 531545: While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
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document.write( "of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
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document.write( "a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge
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document.write( "reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full.
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document.write( "How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #350485 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth \n" ); document.write( "of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into \n" ); document.write( "a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge \n" ); document.write( "reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full. \n" ); document.write( "How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold? \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "Let \"x\" be the tank's capacity. \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "[(1/8)x + 15] = (3/4)x \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "(6/8)x - (1/8)x = 15 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "(5/8)x = 15 \n" ); document.write( "x = (8/5)*15 \n" ); document.write( "x = 24 gallons (tank capacity) \n" ); document.write( "================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( " |