Question

zahra is driving on a long road trip. she wrote an equation to represent how many gallons of gas she has left in her tank, $g = 6.5 - 0.4h$, where $g$ represents the number of gallons and $h$ represents time in hours. what is the meaning of the $g$-value when $h = 1$? answer attempt 1 out of 2 the number of gallons in the tank after one hour. the number of gallons in the tank when the trip ends. how long it takes zahra to run out of gas. the number of gallons of gas initially in the tank. submit answer

Explanation:

In the equation \(g = 6.5-0.4h\), \(g\) is the dependent variable (gallons of gas) and \(h\) is the independent variable (time in hours). When we substitute a specific value of \(h\) (in this case \(h = 1\)) into the equation, we are finding the corresponding value of \(g\). Since \(h\) represents time, substituting \(h=1\) gives the value of \(g\) (gallons of gas) at \(h = 1\) hour.

Answer:

The number of gallons in the tank after one hour.