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A tank can contain 40 gallons of gas, but it is not completely full. How much gas is in the tank if 6.5% of the tank is empty?

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37.4 Gallons of gas should be your answer! Hope i helped!
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Answer:

There is
37.40 gallon of gas in the tank if
6.5% of the tank is empty

Explanation:

It is given that
6.5% of tank is empty.

Thus, the percentage of tank which is full is given by


100 -6.5\\= 93.5%

It is also given that the tank contains
40gallons of gas. This implies that
93.5% of tank which is full is equivalent to
40gallons of gas


(93.5)/(100) * 40\\= 37.40 gallon

There is
37.40 gallon of gas in the tank if
6.5% of the tank is empty

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