Math A fish aquarium has a capacity of 2 gallons of. If it was already filled with two quarts plus one pint of water, how much water would need to be added to completely fill the tank?
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To find out how much water needs to be added to completely fill the tank, we need to convert quarts and pints to gallons.
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 8 pints
So, two quarts plus one pint is equal to (2 quarts + 1 pint) = (2 x 4 quarts + 1 pint) = (8 quarts + 1 pint) = (8 quarts + 2 pints) = (8 x 1 gallon + 2 pints) = (8 + 2/8 gallons) = 8.25 gallons.
Since the tank has a capacity of 2 gallons, we need to subtract the amount of water already in the tank from the tank's capacity to find out how much water needs to be added.
Amount of water needed to fill the tank = tank's capacity - water already in the tank
= 2 gallons - 8.25 gallons
= -6.25 gallons
Since we can't have negative gallons of water, we can conclude that the tank is already overcapacity by 6.25 gallons and there is no need to add any additional water.