Question

a tank is 4/5 full of water. if 40 gallons more water is needed to fill the tank completely then what is the capacity of the tank

Answer 1

Answer:

Let storage of tank = x

Used up storage = 4/5 * x = 4x/5

Remaining storage = x - 4x/5 = x/5

x/5 = 40

x = 40 * 5 = 200 gallons

Answer 2

$\large\underline{\underline{\sf Given:}}$

• Tank is 4/5 full of water

• 40 gallons more water needed to fill the tank Completely.

$\large\underline{\underline{\sf To\:Find:}}$

• Capacity of tank = ?

$\large\underline{\underline{\sf Solution:}}$

Let ,

x represents full tank.

Currently tank is $\sf{\dfrac{4}{5}x}$ full.

Now ,

Remaining part is :-

$\large\implies{\sf x-\frac{4}{5}}$

$\large\implies{\sf \frac{1}{5}x}$

40 gallons more water is needed to fill the tank completely

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$\large\implies{\sf \dfrac{1}{5}={40}}$

$\large\implies{\sf x=40×5}$

$\large\implies{\sf x=200 }$

$\large\underline{\underline{\sf Answer:}}$

•°• Total capacity of the tank is of 200 gallons