Question

A car has 16 gallons of gasoline in its tank when it starts it's journey. On a long highway trip, gasoline is used at a rate of about 2 gallons per hour. The gallons of gas, "g", remaining in the car’s tank after "t" hours can be modeled by the function:

g( t ) = 16 – 2t

What does g(3) = 10 represent?

Answer 1

After 3 hours of driving, there are 10 gallons left.