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Sandeep began his pizza delivery route with 2/3 of a tank of gas in his car. When he made it back to the pizzeria, 7/12 of a tank of gas was left. How much gas did Sandeep use?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. tanksSubmit

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Sandeep began his pizza delivery route with 2/3 of a tank of gas in his car. When he made it back to the pizzeria, 7/12 of a tank of gas was left. How much gas did Sandeep use?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. tanksSubmit

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Sandeep started with 2/3 of a tank of gas and ended with 7/12 of a tank. To find out how much gas he used, you subtract the amount of gas left from the amount he started with.

Step 1: Convert the fractions to have the same denominator. The least common multiple of 3 and 12 is 12. So, convert 2/3 to 8/12.

Step 2: Subtract the fraction of the gas left (7/12) from the fraction of the gas he started with (8/12).

8/12 - 7/12 = 1/12

So, Sandeep used 1/12 of a tank of gas for his pizza delivery route.

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