12 gallons of water fill a tank to 3/4 capacity.
a. What is the capacity of the tank?
b. If the tank is then filled to capacity, how many half-gallon bottles can be filled with the water in the tank?

Answer :

Answer:

a. 16 gallons

b. 32 bottles

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Let the capacity of the tank = x gallon

Therefore, [tex]\frac{3}{4}x=12gallon[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{4\times 12}{3}[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{48}{3}[/tex]

x = 16 gallons

The capacity of the tank is 16 gallons.

If the tank is then filled to the capacity,

The number of  [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] gallon bottles can be filled =  [tex]\frac{16}{\frac{1}{2} }[/tex]

=  [tex]\frac{16\times 2}{1}[/tex]

= 32 bottles

32 bottles can be filled from the tank fill with capacity.

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