Question

a man filled his car's 16 galllon gas tank. he took a trip and used 1/2 of the gas. how many gallons of gas were used?

Answer 1

Given:

The capacity of the gas tank = 16 gallon

He filled the gas tank and used half of it for a trip i.e

fraction of gallon used = 1/2

Solution

The gallon of gas used can be calculated using the formula:

`\text{gallon of gas used = fraction of gallon used }*\text{ gallon of gas filled}`

Substituting, we have:

`\begin{gathered} \text{gallon of gas used = }(1)/(2)\text{ }*\text{ 16} \\ =\text{ 8 gallons} \end{gathered}`

Answer: 8 gallo