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Alice fills up the gas tank of her car before going for a long drive . The equation below models the amount of gas , g , in gallons , in Alice's car when she has driven m miles . What is the meaning of 32 in the equation ?

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Solution

For this case we have the following equation given:


g=15-(m)/(32)

We want to know what represent the 32 value

So then the answer is:

Total of miles that can cover the car with 15 gallons of gas

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