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A water tank containing 496 gallons is 62% full. how many more gallons are needed to fill the tank?

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304 gallons are needed to fill up the tank


User Rigin Oommen
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62 percent equals 496 gallons
100 percent equals 496*100/62 = 800 gallons

so 800-496 = 304 are needed to fill the tank
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