Before your soccer game, you filled a water cooler with 612
gallons of water.
You forgot to close the plug before you began filling the cooler with water and 256
gallons leaked out.
How much water was in the cooler after you closed the plug?
To find out how much water was left in the cooler, we need to subtract the amount that leaked out from the initial amount of water that was filled.
The amount of water that leaked out is 256 gallons.
The initial amount of water filled in the cooler is 612 gallons.
Therefore, the amount of water left in the cooler after closing the plug is 612 - 256 = <<612-256=356>>356 gallons.
Before your soccer game, you filled a water cooler with 6 1/2
gallons of water.
You forgot to close the plug before you began filling the cooler with water and 2 5/6
gallons leaked out.
How much water was in the cooler after you closed the plug?
To find out how much water was left in the cooler, we need to subtract the amount that leaked out from the initial amount of water that was filled.
The amount of water that leaked out is 2 5/6 gallons. We can rewrite this as the improper fraction 17/6 gallons.
The initial amount of water filled in the cooler is 6 1/2 gallons. We can rewrite this as the improper fraction 13/2 gallons.
Therefore, the amount of water left in the cooler after closing the plug is:
13/2 - 17/6
To subtract these fractions, we need a common denominator, which is 6.
Converting 13/2 to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 6, we get 39/6.
Subtracting 17/6 from 39/6, we get 22/6.
Simplifying 22/6, we get 3 4/6 or 3 2/3 gallons.
Therefore, the amount of water left in the cooler after closing the plug is 3 2/3 gallons.
To find out how much water was left in the cooler, we need to subtract the amount that leaked out from the initial amount that was filled.
Initial amount of water filled: 612 gallons
Amount that leaked out: 256 gallons
Therefore, the amount of water left in the cooler after closing the plug would be:
612 gallons - 256 gallons = 356 gallons
So, there would be 356 gallons of water left in the cooler after closing the plug.