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Cal's go cart has a gas tank with the dimensions shown below. He uses a gas can that holds 11 gallon of gas, to fill the go cart tank. 11 gallon = 231 inches^3 How many full gas cans will it take to fill the go cart's gas tank?

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Cal's go cart has a gas tank with the dimensions shown below. He uses a gas can that holds 1 gallon of gas, to fill the go cart tank. 1 gallon = 231 inches^3. How many full gas cans will it take to fill the go cart's gas tank?

Answer: 2 full gas cans

Explanation:

From the image, we have the following dimensions:

length, l = 15.4 inches (in)

width, w = 10 in

height, h = 3 in.

The volume of the gas tank (which is rectangular) is given as:


Volume = length * width * height = lwh\\\\Volume = 15.4 * 10 * 3 = 462 cubic inches = 462in^(3)

NB: The unit of volume is cubic units. In this example, it is cubic inches.

The gas can being used to fill the tank holds 1 gallon of gas =
231in^(3)

The total volume to be filled is
462in^(3) of gas.

So, it will take
(462in^(3) )/(231in^(3) ) = 2 full gas cans to fill the go cart's gas tank.

Therefore, the answer is 2.

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