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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 that tank hold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x-gallons be the tank capacity.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st Buy: (1/2)x gallons<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd Buy: (3/4)x gallons<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)x + (3/4)x = 18 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5/4)x = 37/2 = 74/4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 14.8 gallons (tank capacity)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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