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At the water plant, five tanks can hold 29 gallons of water. If the water plant wants to hold 142
gallons of water, how many tanks do they need? Round to the nearest number of tanks. Be sure to
show work! Write your answer in a sentence. You must set up a proportion.

Respuesta :

Each individual tank of water is 5.8 gallons, so if you multiplied that by 25 you have 145 gallons.

5.8 x 25 = 145 gallons

This might or might not help but if it does you're welcome, if not I'm so sorry I tried my best to explain.

Answer:

You need 25 tanks.  [tex]\frac{29 gallons}{5 tanks} = \frac{142 gallons}{x}[/tex] ( <- this is your proportion)

Step-by-step explanation:

First we need to figure out how much 1 tank can hold.

29 gallons/ 5 tanks = 5.8 gallons per tank.

Divide the total number of gallons by how much each tank can hold in order to find out how many tanks you need.

142 gallons/ 5.8 gallons per tank = 24.48 tanks, or 25 since we need enough to hold all the water.

Good luck!

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