Question

The total amount of water a tank can hold is 14 1/4 gallons. Rual wants to find out many 1 1/4 gallon buckets of water can be used to fill the tank. Which expressions could be used to represent this scenario?

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Answer 1

Explanation:

the volume of gallon is 14 1/4=57/4

the volume of bucket is 1 1/4=5/4

Divide 57/4÷5/4

`(57)/(4) / (5)/(4) \\ \\ (57)/(4) * (4)/(5) \\ (57)/(5) = 11.4`