A bus driver filled up 7/8 fuel tank for a trip. She used 6/7 of the fuel by the end of the trip. the capacity of her tank is 70 gallons. How much fuel did she use for the trip? Express your answer as decimal.
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0.875 * 70 = 61.25
0.857 * 61.25 = 52.49 gallons
Ms. Sue, what is the process should I do?
Do I do both process or only one
To find out how much fuel the bus driver used for the trip, we need to calculate the fraction of the fuel tank she used.
The capacity of the fuel tank is 70 gallons, and she filled it up to 7/8 of its capacity. This means she filled it with (7/8) * 70 = 61.25 gallons of fuel.
She used 6/7 of this fuel by the end of the trip. To find out how much fuel she used, we can multiply the amount of fuel she initially filled the tank with by 6/7.
Fuel used = (61.25 gallons) * (6/7)
Fuel used = 52.5 gallons
Therefore, the bus driver used 52.5 gallons of fuel for the trip.