Question

Max car holds 18 gallons of gasoline driving on the highway the car uses approximately 2 gallons per hour. let H represent the number of hours max has been riding on the highway. write an expression that shows how many gallons of gasoline Max has left after driving H hours. then find the number after max drives 3.5 hours on the highway.

Answer 1

y= 18 gallons-2(h)
y is what you're trying to find out and since there are 18 gallons in the tank after every hour you would have 2 less gallons. So, you can multiply how many hours he's been driving by the 2 gallons and subtract it from 18