Question

The balloon uses 4.5 quarts of gas in 7 minutes. How many gallons will it use per hour?

Answer 1

Answer:

≈9.64 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve, we can figure out how many quarts are in a minute and use that to figure out how many quarts are in an hour. Then, we can convert quarts to gallons.

4.5 quarts = 7 minutes

First, we can find how many quarts equal 1 minute. To do this, we can divide both sides by 7 because anything divided by itself equals 1

4.5/7 quarts = 1 minute

Next, we want to figure out how many quarts go into 60 minutes, or 1 hour. To do this, we can multiply both sides by 60 because 1 * 60 = 60

4.5 * 60 / 7 quarts = 60 minutes = 1 hour

We now know how many quarts are in an hour, so we can now convert quarts to gallons

4 quarts = 1 gallon

divide both sides by 4

1 quart = 1/4 gallons

To get from quarts to gallons, we can divide by 4, so we have

(4.5 * 60 / 7)/4 = 4.5 * 60 / 28

≈9.64 gallons