A tank can contain 40 gallons of gas, but it is not completely full. How much gas is in the tank if 6.5% of the tank is empty?

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asked Nov 4, 2019 210k views

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Thomas Lee · Answer 1 · 2019-11-09T15:54:02+0000

Answer:

There is
37.40 gallon of gas in the tank if
6.5 % of the tank is empty

Explanation:

It is given that
6.5 % of tank is empty.

Thus, the percentage of tank which is full is given by

$100 -6.5\\= 93.5$ %

It is also given that the tank contains
gallons of gas. This implies that
93.5 % of tank which is full is equivalent to
gallons of gas

$(93.5)/(100) * 40\\= 37.40$ gallon

There is
37.40 gallon of gas in the tank if
6.5 % of the tank is empty