Help??
please :(

The capacity of the gas tank in a car is 16.5 gallons. The car uses 10.5 gallons to travel 178.5 miles. After driving 85 more miles, only 1 gallon of gasoline remains in the tank. Which linear equation and graph model the amount of gas g left in the tank after driving m miles?

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Help??
please :(

The capacity of the gas tank in a car is 16.5 gallons. The car uses 10.5 gallons to travel 178.5 miles. After driving 85 more miles, only 1 gallon of gasoline remains in the tank. Which linear equation and graph model the amount of gas g left in the tank after driving m miles?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

I know for sure its not D...

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

what you can do is plug in m = 178.5 into each equation

what you're looking for is a result of g = 6 (since 16.5 - 10.5 = 6)

this is because when you travel 178.5 miles, you use up 10.5 gallons (leaving g = 6 gallons)

anonymous · Answer

None of those were right that didn't help.. thanks for trying tho

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the right answer is in there, can you show me which answers you got

anonymous · Answer

g=-1/17m+16.5