Your family is taking a long distance trip. You begin with 16 gallons of gas. Your car uses 3 gallons per hour. You will stop to

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refuel when you are at exactly 1 gallon. How many hours until you will need more gas?

1 answer:

Effectus [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-24T04:48:07+03:00

The gas will be need after exactly 5 hours with 1 gallon left

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of hours gas will survive with 16 gallons of gas will be obtained by dividing the total number of gallons of gas by 3.

So,

Total gallons = 16

We will keep the margin of one gallon so

16-1 = 15

Now,

$\frac{15}{3} =5$

So the gas will be need after exactly 5 hours with 1 gallon left

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