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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you fill your car's gas tank when it is about 1/2 empty. The next week, you fill the tank a second time when it is about 3/4 empty. If you buy a total of 18 1/2 gallons of gas on these two days, about how many gallons does the tank hold? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #73000 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=73000\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=the number of gallons that the full tank holds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first time you fill it, you put (1/2)x gallons in\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second time you fill it, you put (3/4)x gallons in\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we are told that (1/2)x+(3/4)x=18.5 gal or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5/4)x=18.5 gal  multiply both sides by 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x=74   divide both sides by 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=14.8 gal-----------------------------number of gal the tank holds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/2)*14.8+(3/4)*14.8=18.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7.4+11.1=18.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18.5=18.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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