You are in a pit crew for a driver at a nascar race. the gas weighs 5.92 pounds per gallon. your driver uses 0.25 gallon per lap. with 42 laps to go, you put 60 pounds of fuel in the tank of the car. will your driver finish the race at the same rate without more gas?

a. what values do we already know? what are we trying to find?
b. write an equation to find the number of gallons in 60 pounds of fuel
c. use the equation to solve the problem and explain the meaning of the solution.