Question

Victoria filled up her car with gas before embarking on a road trip across the country. The car uses 1.75 gallons of gas for every hour driven, and after driving for 4 hours, there were 7 gallons of gas left in the tank. Write an equation for G,G, in terms of t,t, representing the number of gallons of gas remaining in Victoria's gas tank after tt hours of driving.

Answer 1

G = 14 - 1.75(t)

Where G is the number of gallons of gas remaining;

14 represents the amount of gas in gallons in the full gas tank of the vehicle

t is the number of hours

Explanation:

Here, we want to write an equation.

We are told that the car uses 1.75 gallons of gas every hour and after 4 hours 7 gallons were left

In the 4 hours, the amount of fuel used will be 1.75 * 4 = 7 gallons

So therefore since we have 7 gallons left, the amount of gallons in the full tank of the vehicle will be 7 + 7 = 14 gallons

Hence, the equation we want to write will be;

G = 14 - 1.75(t)