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tennisgirl92
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Homework Statement
(a) A rectangular gasoline tank can hold 39.0 kg of gasoline when full. What is the depth of the tank if it is 0.450 m wide by 0.900 m long?
m
(b) What is the volume of the tank? (It is suitable for a passenger car.)
gal
Homework Equations
Density of gas=719.7=mass/volume
Volume=lengthxwidthxheight
density=mass/volume
density=mass/ (lengthxwidthxheight)
The Attempt at a Solution
I assumed depth was referring to the height, which might be what I'm doing wrong.
719.7=39/ (.45 x .9 x h)
height=.1338m
And then I would convert the volume (.45 x .9m x .1338m) to gallons using (1 gal=.003785 m3)
This seems fairly straight forward, but for some reason this answer is wrong. Please help!
Thanks