Filling each 5 cars with the same amount of fuel empties 3/4 of a gasoline storage tank.what part of the total capacity did each vehicle receive?
1/5 * 3/4
To find out what part of the total capacity each vehicle received, we need to divide the total amount of fuel emptied from the storage tank by the number of cars filled.
Given that filling each 5 cars empties 3/4 of the gasoline storage tank, we can assume the quantity 3/4 represents the amount of fuel emptied.
Let's denote the total capacity of the gasoline storage tank as C and let X represent the amount of fuel each vehicle received.
We know that filling each 5 cars empties 3/4 of the gasoline storage tank, which can be written as:
(3/4) * C = 5X
To find X, we can solve this equation for X:
X = (3/4) * C / 5
Now, we can determine the part of the total capacity each vehicle received:
Part of total capacity = X / C
Substituting the value of X, we get:
Part of total capacity = [(3/4) * C / 5] / C
Simplifying the expression further:
Part of total capacity = 3/20
Therefore, each vehicle received 3/20 or 15% of the total capacity.