Answer:
If Samuel is 6 inches taller than Elijah and he is 48 inches tall then Elijah is 42 inches tall.
Dollars is the dependent quantity because the amount you pay depends on how many gallons you've pumped.
That's an expression, so the only thing you can do is simplify it, but that already looks simplified.
She missed 3 questions,
11/100 equals x/26
^set up this proportion
you get 286 equals 100x
and x equals 2.86
round this to 3 questions
to check your work, do 23/26