Question

Just as you are returning to the station from a call you have had time to clean and prepare the equipment for the

next call, but you have not had time to refill the ambulance's gas tank. The gas tank holds 26 gallons of fuel and
you know that the ambulance gets 11 miles per gallon of fuel. You hear the tones sound, and the dispatcher
calls you to an urgent call and he tells you that the scene is in a remote part of the county that is 40 miles away.
You are worried that you may not have enough fuel and you see that your tank is exactly one-half full. Based
upon the previous numbers the ambulance should travel
miles before running out of fuel.

Answer 1

The ambulance can travel 143 miles on a half tank of fuel, which is calculated by multiplying 13 gallons by the 11 miles per gallon efficiency, thus enough to cover the 40-mile trip.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question is a practical problem about fuel consumption and distance to be covered. Since the ambulance's gas tank holds 26 gallons of fuel and gets 11 miles per gallon, a full tank would allow the ambulance to travel 286 miles (26 gallons × 11 miles per gallon). If the tank is half full, this leaves the ambulance with 13 gallons of fuel (half of 26 gallons). To find out how many miles the ambulance can travel with a half tank, we multiply the gallons of fuel by the mileage per gallon: 13 gallons × 11 miles per gallon = 143 miles. Therefore, the ambulance should be able to travel 143 miles before running out of fuel, which is more than enough to cover the 40-mile trip to the urgent call.

Answer 2

The ambulance will run out of gas after going 143 miles with half of a tank.

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