Clean Machine is Seaside's premier house cleaning service. The company used 6,830 gallons of soap last year, and 50% more than that this year. How many gallons of soap did the company use this year?____ gallons
Q. Clean Machine is Seaside's premier house cleaning service. The company used 6,830 gallons of soap last year, and 50% more than that this year. How many gallons of soap did the company use this year?____ gallons
Calculate 50%: Calculate 50% of last year's soap usage.Reasoning: To find out how much more soap was used this year, calculate 50% of last year's usage.Calculation: 50% of 6,830 gallons = 0.5×6,830=3,415 gallons.
Add to last year's total: Add the additional soap usage to last year's total to find this year's usage.Reasoning: This year's soap usage is last year's usage plus the additional 50%.Calculation: 6,830 gallons + 3,415 gallons = 10,245 gallons.
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