Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
A car starts with a dull tank of gas
1/7 of the gas has been used around the city.
With the rest of the gas in the car, the car can travel to and from Ottawa three times.
Question asked:
What fractions of a tank of gas does each complete trip to Ottawa use?
Solution:
Fuel used around the city =
Remaining fuel after driving around the city = 1 -
=
According to question:
As from the rest of the gas in the car that is , the car can complete 3 trip to Ottawa which means,
By unitary method:
The car can complete 3 trip by using = tank of gas.
The car can complete 1 trip by using =
=
=
= tank of gas
Thus, tank of gas used for each complete trip to Ottawa.