Scott's gas tank is 1/3 full. After he buys 12 gallons of gas, it is 7/9 full. How many gallons can Scott's tank hold?

We start with the variable "x". Let's call "x" Dan's full tank.

So we know that right now he has 1/3x or 1/3 of a full tank.

After adding 12 gallons, at the end, he has 7/9x, or 7/9 of a full tank

So we start with

(1/3)x + 12 = 7/9x

Let's subtract 1/3x from both sides

12 = 7/9x - 1/3x

Remember, we need to use common denominators to subtract, so 1/3 becomes 3/9

12 = 7/9x - 3/9x

Now we simplify to get

12 = 4/9x

Multiply the reciprocal of 4/9 to both sides which is 9/4

12 * 9/4 = x

Answer is 27 gallons.

your answer is 23/2 - 13.5

step-by-step explanation:

7/2 evaluates to

multiply x and 4.5

multiply x and 1

the x just gets copied along.

the answer is x

x

4.5*x evaluates to 4.5x

multiply 3 and 4.5x

multiply 1 and x

the x just gets copied along.

x

4.5*x*3 evaluates to 13.5x

7/2-4.5*x*3 evaluates to

  + 8 =

the answer is

7/2-4.5*x*3+8 evaluates to

15

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the following expression and we are to solve it and find the product:

-13 × (-5)

solving the given expression in the standard order of solving a mathematical expression, beginning with the opening of brackets and then multiplying the terms and changing their signs.

-3 × -5 = 15 (answer is positive because when negative is multiplied with negative, it gives a positive answer)