SOLUTION: You know that the gas tank on your pickup truck hold 24 gallon, and the gauge reads that the tank is 3/8 full. 1. How many gallons will be needed to fill the tank? And 2. Will you

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Question 1139108: You know that the gas tank on your pickup truck hold 24 gallon, and the gauge reads that the tank is 3/8 full. 1. How many gallons will be needed to fill the tank? And 2. Will you have enough cash to fill the tank if you have #50 with you and gas cost $3.3/10 per gallon? how much change will you receive, and if no, how much more cash will you need.
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pickup truck hold 24 gallon, and the gauge reads that the tank is 3/8 full. 1. How many gallons will be needed to fill the tank?
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Need to fill 5%2F8 of the tank.
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Will you have enough cash to fill the tank if you have $50 with you and gas cost $3.3/10 per gallon?
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Not sure what you say for price; decimal point, digit, forward slash...
I'm assuming you want to say $3.31 per gallon.

15%2Agallons%2A3.31%28dollars%2Fgallon%29=highlight_green%2849.65%29dollars; enough to be able to fill your tank. Change-back, thirty-five cents.