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aidens family car holds 15gallons of feul. each day the car uses 0.7 gallons of fuel. a warning ligjt comes on when the remaining fuel is 1.7 gallons or less. starting from a full tank, can aidens family drive the car for 26 days without the warning light coming on?

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Aidens family can not drive without the warning sign on because if you multiply 0.7 •15 you will get 18.2 which is more than 15 gallons of fuels and you don’t have enough for the warning light not to come on.
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