A car is run until the gas tank is 1/8 full. The tank is filled to a capacity by putting in 14 gallons.The capacity of the gas tank of the car is?14 gal15 gal16 gal17 gal
Question
A car is run until the gas tank is 1/8 full. The tank is filled to a capacity by putting in 14 gallons.The capacity of the gas tank of the car is?14 gal15 gal16 gal17 gal
Solution
To find the capacity of the gas tank, we need to understand that when the tank was 1/8 full, it was then filled up with 14 gallons to reach its full capacity.
This means that 14 gallons represents the remaining 7/8 of the tank's capacity (since 1 - 1/8 = 7/8).
To find the full capacity, we can set up a proportion to solve for the total capacity (C):
14 gallons / (7/8) = C / 1
Solving for C gives us:
C = 14 gallons * (8/7) = 16 gallons
So, the capacity of the gas tank of the car is 16 gallons.
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