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Jayne stopped to get gas before going on a road trip. The tank already had 4 gallons of gas in it. Write an equation relates the total amount of gasoline in the tank

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Answer:

A y=4+x

Explanation:

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Answer: y = x + 4

Explanation:

Let "y" be the total number of gallons in the tank, and let "x" be the total number of unfilled gasoline.

Since we already have an initial "4 gallons" in the tank, the total capacity of the tank will be "x + 4".

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