Question

Kiran is driving on a long road trip. he currently has 13 gallons of gas in his car. each hour that he drives, his car uses up 2 gallons of gas. how much gas would be in the tank after driving for 5 hours? how much gas would be left after t t hours?

Answer 1

Explanation:

"t t hours" ????

you mean 11 hours ?

13 gallons now.

2 gallons are used (and therefore disappear from the tank) per hour.

so, in 5 hours 5×2 = 10 gallons will be used.

that leaves 13 - 10 = 3 gallons in the tank.

in 11 hours 11×2 = 22 gallons would have been used.

but there are only 13 gallons in the tank.

so, if he does not fill up, he will have 0 gallons left after 11 hours. in fact, already after 13/2 = 6.5 hours.

the point :

when you use 2 gallons per hour, that means in t hours you are using t × 2 or 2t gallons.