Question

The family minivan can hold 14 gallons of gas. During a trip to the Seattle Zoo, the van uses 8.4 gallons of gas. What percent of the total gas was used?​

Answer 1

60%

Explanation:

8.4 divided by 14 = 0.6. Let 1 be the 100%. Since 0.6 is the same as 0.60, we remove the decimal and make it 60.

Answer 2

Answer: To find the percent of gas used, we need to divide the amount of gas used by the total amount of gas the van can hold and multiply by 100.

Percent of gas used = (Gas used / Total gas) * 100

Given that the van uses 8.4 gallons of gas and can hold 14 gallons of gas, we can substitute these values into the formula:

Percent of gas used = (8.4 / 14) * 100

By performing this calculation we can get that the percent of gas used was: 8.4/14 = 0.6 = 60%

So, 60% of the total gas was used during the trip to the Seattle Zoo.

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