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Genesis is driving on a long road trip. She currently has 11 gallons of gas in her car. Each hour that she drives, her car uses up 1.5 gallons of gas. How much gas would be in the tank after driving for 3 hours? How much gas would be left after t hours?
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Gas left after 3 hours:
Gas left after t hours:

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Gas left after 3 hours: 6.5 gallons (since 11 − 1.5·3 = 6.5).

Gas left after t hours: 11 − 1.5t gallons (valid while this is nonnegative, i.e. for 0 ≤ t ≤ 22/3 hours).