A city water tank holds 20 gallons of water. A technician empties 25% of the tank. How many more gallons of water must be removed from the tank so that it has 2/5 of the water that it started with? The technician must remove blank amount of
more gallons of water for the tank to have 2/5 of the water that it started with.

because linear equations are a lot simpler than quadratics equations, and linear equations formula is a lot easier to memorize. that's why i think they're harder.

yes, gavin is right.

step-by-step explanation:

gavin is correct. 

this problem is about converting 9% per year to how many percent per quarter. the rate is still the same. it only differed in the time period. so, through dimensional analysis,

9% per year  × (1 year / 4 quarters) = 2.25% per quarter

if he was asked to convert 9% per year to how many percent per quarter  compounded quarterly, then you will not simply divide by four. this is because compounding is not linear.

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