Jayne stopped to get gas before going on a road trip. The tank already had 4 gallons of gas in it. Which equation relates the total amount of gasoline in the tank, y, to the number of gallons that she put in the tank, x?

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Gia Holt

Mathematics

12 November, 16:38

Jayne stopped to get gas before going on a road trip. The tank already had 4 gallons of gas in it. Which equation relates the total amount of gasoline in the tank, y, to the number of gallons that she put in the tank, x?

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Rory Fields · Answer 1

Answer:Y=4+x

Maryjane Taylor · Answer 2

Answer: The equation is y = 4 + x

Step-by-step explanation:

Initially the tank had 4 gallons of gas in it, the total amount of gasoline in the tank is y, and the number of gallons that she put in the tank is x.

Then we can we can write the amoun of gallons in the tank as the initial amount plus the number that she put in.

y = 4 + x