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1) Three tanks have a total capacity of 528 gallons. Ir two tanks are the same size and other tank is half of their size, now many gallons does the smallest tank hold?

Respuesta :

Let

2x be size of the two tanks of the same size

x the size of the smaller tank

The sum of their capacity is 528 gallons which can be expressed as

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x+2x+x=528 \\ 5x=528 \\ \frac{5x}{5}=\frac{528}{5} \\ x=105.6 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the size of the smallest tank is 105.6 gallons.