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Tony used a total of 5 1/6 gallons of gas while driving his car. Each hour he was driving, he used 5/9 gallons of gas. What was the total number of hours he was driving?

Sagot :

We know the total number of gallons of gas used: 5 1/6

We know the number of gallons used per hour: 5/9

The total number of gallons used is equal to the number of gallons used per hour times the number of hours

gallons = gallons per hour * hours

Substitute the information we are given

5 1/6 = 5/9 * h

We use the variable h since we do not know the hours.

Divide each side by 5/9 to isolate the number of hours.

[tex]\frac{5\text{ 1/6}}{\frac{5}{9}}=\text{ h}[/tex]

Now we need to change the mixed number to a improper fraction.

Take the denominator and multiply by the whole number then add the numerator

6*5 +1 = 30 +1 = 31

Then divide by the denominator

[tex]\frac{\frac{31}{6}}{\frac{5}{9}}=h[/tex]

Now use copy dot flip to change this to multiplication.

[tex]\frac{31}{6}\cdot\text{ }\frac{9}{5}\text{ = h}[/tex][tex]\frac{31}{2}\cdot\frac{3}{5}=h[/tex]

We found this by dividing ther 9 and the 6 by 3

This gives us 93/10 for h

But this is an improper fraction. Changing this to a mixed number

93/10 = 9 3/10 hours