Mr. Bergstrom has two water storage tanks near his vegetable garden. One morning, tank A contained 2 gallons more than 4 times the number of gallons of water in tank B. At that time, tank A had a total of 46 gallons of water.

Question

Select the equation that represents the given situation and find the number of gallons of water in tank B.

Answer 1

Let x be the number of gallons of water in tank B.

The equation representing the situation is:
A = 4x + 2
46 = 4x + 2

Solving for x:
46 - 2 = 4x
44 = 4x
x = 11

Therefore, there are 11 gallons of water in tank B.