SOLUTION: An oil tank is 5/8 full. When 6 gallons of oil are removed, the tank is 1/4 full. What is the total capacity of the tank in gallons?

Question 808630: An oil tank is 5/8 full. When 6 gallons of oil are removed, the tank is 1/4 full. What is the total capacity of the tank in gallons?
Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, stanbon:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5/8 - 1/4 = 3/8
3/8 = 6 gallons
8/8 = 16 gallons
Hope this helps.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An oil tank is 5/8 full. When 6 gallons of oil are removed, the tank is 1/4 full. What is the total capacity of the tank in gallons?
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Let total capacity be "x"::
Equation:
(5/8)x - 6 = (1/4)x
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Multiply thru by 8 to get:
5x - 48 = 2x
3x = 48
x = 16 gallons
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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