Question

A gardener uses a total of 61.5 gallons of gasoline in one month. Of the total amount of gasoline, 3/5 was used in his lawn mowers. How many gallons of gasoline did the gardener use in his lawn mowers in the one month?

What do i do here?

Answer 1

Answer: 36.9 gallons used

Step-by-step explanation: 61.5 * 3/5 which is 615/10 * 3/5.

Answer 2

36.9 gallons were used in one month.

Explanation:

In order to find this out, we first take 3/5 and convert it into a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator

3 ÷ 5 = 0.6

Then, we can set up this equation to figure out how many gallons of gasoline were used:

0.6 x 61.5 = 36.9