Question

You fill a large water tank with 3.4 x 10^3 gallons of water. About 6.1% of the water is not fresh water. How many gallons of fresh water are in a tank? Show work.

Answer 1

Total gallons of fresh water in the tank
`3.1926*10^3` gallons.

Explanation:

Percentage of fresh water =
`100%-6.1%`

=93.9%

Total number of gallons of water in tank =
`3.4*10^3` (given in the question)

Therefore,

Total gallons of fresh water in the tank =
`3.4*10^3*93.9/100`

=
`3.1926*10^3` gallons.