Answer:
41/12 gallons
= 3 5/12 gallons
Step-by-step explanation:
Since it can hold 8 1/4 gallons and currently has 4 5/6 gallons, you subtract.
You need to get the common denominator to subtract cleanly so we can turn the fractions into improper fractions.
8 1/4 = 33/4 because 8 is equal to 8 full 4/4ths so multiply 8 by 4 and add 1 for the remaining 1/4.
Then 4 5/6 becomes 29/6 with the same concept earlier.
So we can change the denominator to 12 on both fractions (33/4 and 29/6) so we can subtract.
33/4 becomes 99/12 because they are still equivalent, it's just that you multiplied the top and bottom by the same number.
29/6 becomes 58/12 because we multiplied the fraction by 2/2.
Those two new fractions stated previously are the same as the original because we multiplied them by 1/1, because 3/3 and 2/2 is still equal to 1/1, and the new fractions can be simplified down to the original.
Since we have 99/12 and 58/12, we can subtract cleanly into
99 - 58 = 41
So the answer is 41/12
