Question

a motor oil retailer needs to fill 50 quart bottles and he has two tanks.one comtaims 12 gallons of oil and the othe contains 2 gallons of oil how much will he need to fill both bottles .?

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to know the conversion of gallons to quarts and vice versa.

`1gallon=4quarts`

Since there are 60 one-quart bottles, then we need 15 gallons of oil.

`60\text{quarts}*\frac{1\text{gallon}}{4\text{quarts}}=15\text{gallon}`

In this case, the 12 gallons and the 2 gallons of oil (total of 14 gallons) are both not enough to fill the 60 one-quart bottles. (Third Option)