SOLUTION: While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas i
Question 531545: While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge
reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full.
How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold?
Show or explain how you got your answer.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! While driving your car, you realize that you only have one-eighth
of a tank of gas remaining before you run out of gas. You pull into
a gas station and put 15 gallons of gas in your car and your gas gauge
reveals that your car’s tank is now three-fourths full.
How many gallons of gas does your car’s gas tank hold?
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Equation:
Let "x" be the tank's capacity.
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[(1/8)x + 15] = (3/4)x
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(6/8)x - (1/8)x = 15
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(5/8)x = 15
x = (8/5)*15
x = 24 gallons (tank capacity)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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