SOLUTION: If a gallon of gas weighs 6 1/5 pounds and the contents of your gas tank weighs 80 3/5 pounds, how many gallons of gas do you have in your tank?
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Question 617755: If a gallon of gas weighs 6 1/5 pounds and the contents of your gas tank weighs 80 3/5 pounds, how many gallons of gas do you have in your tank? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If a gallon of gas weighs 6 1/5 pounds and the contents of your gas tank weighs 80 3/5 pounds, how many gallons of gas do you have in your tank?
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x = (80 3/5)/(6 1/5) = (403/5)/(31/5) = 403/31 = 13 gallons
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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