Max's car holds 18 gallons of gasoline. Driving on the highway, the car uses approximately 2 gallons per hour. Let h represent the number of hours Max has been driving on the highway. Write an expression that shows how many gallons of gasoline Max has left after driving h hours.

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Eva Boyle

Mathematics

6 March, 00:32

Max's car holds 18 gallons of gasoline. Driving on the highway, the car uses approximately 2 gallons per hour. Let h represent the number of hours Max has been driving on the highway. Write an expression that shows how many gallons of gasoline Max has left after driving h hours.

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Drew Flynn · Answer 1

Y = 18 gallons-2 (h)

y is what you're trying to find out and since there are 18 gallons in the tank after every hour you would have 2 less gallons. So, you can multiply how many hours he's been driving by the 2 gallons and subtract it from 18