Complete the following steps to answer the Trent's fish tank can hold 48 liters of water. There are currently 9 liters of water in the fish tank. Trent adds 1.5 liters of water to the fish tank each minute until it is full. The equation 1.5m + 9 = 48 can be used to represent this situation, where m is the number of minutes that Trent add water to the fish tank. How many minutes does it take Trent to fill his question. Subtract 9 from both sides of the equation. 1.5m = Divide both sides by 1.5. m = It will take Trent minutes to fill his fish tank.
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Let's solve the equation step by step.
The given equation is: \[ 1.5m + 9 = 48 \]
Step 1: Subtract 9 from both sides of the equation. \[ 1.5m + 9 - 9 = 48 - 9 \] This simplifies to: \[ 1.5m = 39 \]
Step 2: Divide both sides by 1.5. \[ m = \frac{39}{1.5} \]
Now, let's calculate \( \frac{39}{1.5} \): \[ m = 26 \]
So, it will take Trent 26 minutes to fill his fish tank.
