Question

A lawn mowers tank is 2/3 full. it has 1/2 gallon of gas in it. How many gallons does it hold?

Answer 1

\(\huge \frac{2}{3}tankcapacity=\frac{1}{2} \)

set up an equation

Answer 2

So would i Divide 2/3 divided by 1/2? @bibby

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

you want to find the tank capacity so that's our X. now we know that 2/3 OF (of=multiply) x is 1/2

now we can divide both sides by 2/3

Answer 5

Ohhh ok thanks