Question

maritza's car has 16 gallons of gas in the tank. She uses 3/4 of the gas. How many gallons of gas does Maritza use?

Answer 1

12 gallons of gas does Maritza use.

Explanation:

As per the statement:

Maritza's car has 16 gallons of gas in the tank. She uses 3/4 of the gas.

⇒Total gas in her car = 16 gallons

and

She used =
`(3)/(4)` of the total gas

Then;

Maritza's car uses =
`(3)/(4) * 16 = 3 * 4 = 12` gallons

Therefore, 12 gallons of gas does Maritza use.

Answer 2

okay, first we got the information that there are 16 gallons worth of gas in the tank Maritza use 3/4 of that 16 gallons so, the amount of gas that Maritza uses is : 3/4 x 16 gallons = 12 Gallons