Asked by junhgbf

The total amount of water a tank can hold is 14 and one-half gallons. Raul wants to find out how many 1 and one-fourth-gallon buckets of water can be used to fill the tank. Which expressions could be used to represent this scenario? Select two options..
StartFraction 29 over 2 EndFraction divided by StartFraction 5 over 4 EndFraction
StartFraction 29 over 2 EndFraction times StartFraction 5 over 4 EndFraction
StartFraction 29 over 2 EndFraction times StartFraction 4 over 5 EndFraction
StartFraction 2 over 29 EndFraction times StartFraction 5 over 4 EndFraction
StartFraction 29 over 2 EndFraction divided by StartFraction 4 over 5 EndFraction

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct choices:
- (29/2) ÷ (5/4)
- (29/2) × (4/5)

Reason: 14 1/2 = 29/2 and 1 1/4 = 5/4, so you divide total by bucket size. Division by 5/4 is equivalent to multiplying by its reciprocal 4/5. (29/2) ÷ (5/4) = (29/2)×(4/5) = 58/5 = 11 3/5.