SOLUTION: If 24 gallons of water are poured into an empty tank, then 2/3 of the tank is filled. How many gallons does a full tank hold?
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Question 1169389: If 24 gallons of water are poured into an empty tank, then 2/3 of the tank is filled. How many gallons does a full tank hold? Answer by ikleyn(52855) (Show Source):
if 24 gallons of water fill of the tank capacity, then of the tank capacity is 12 gallons
and the full tank capacity is three times this volume, i.e. 3*12 = 36 gallons.
