SOLUTION: okay...this doesnt even come out the way i thought it would..please help me
subtract
8 gal 7 qt
-3 gal 2 qt
___________ _____
a) 5 gal 2 qt
b) 5 gal 3 qt
c) 6 gal
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-> SOLUTION: okay...this doesnt even come out the way i thought it would..please help me
subtract
8 gal 7 qt
-3 gal 2 qt
___________ _____
a) 5 gal 2 qt
b) 5 gal 3 qt
c) 6 gal
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subtract
8 gal 7 qt
-3 gal 2 qt
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Lets first deal in qts to start with:
Now we know that there are 4 qts in a gal. That means there would be 8*4 or 32 qts in 8 gal
So 8 gal 7qts=32qts + 7qts=39qts
And 3 gal 2qts=12qts+2qts=14qts
Now we have:
39 qts-14 qts=25qts Now to convert back to gal
4 will go into 25 6 times with 1 qt left over. So our answer is:
6 gal and 1 qt or (d)
Hope this helps---ptaylor
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