Ralph can drive of the way to work on 1/16 of a tank of gas. at this rate, how much has does ralph use to get to work and back?

If Ralph can make a one way journey to work with 1/16 of a tank of gas you have to double this to make the full journey.
You could also add 1/16 and 1/16 together
1/16+1/16=2/16

He would 2/16 of a tank of gas to get to work and back.

1) 0.5^3+0.3^3=
0.5^3=0.125
0.3^3=0.027
0.125+0.027=0.152

2)Let X be the number:
X*7=6*50
7X=300
X=42.857

3) If it takes 3 identical pumps to fill a pool, one pump will take 8*3=24 hours to fill the pool. If you have 4 pumps, it will quadrupal the speed, making it take 24/4=6 hours.

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