An underground gasoline tank at 42*F can hold 1100 gallons ofgasoline. If the driver of a tanker truck fills the undergroundtank on a day when the temperature is 84*F, how many gallons,according to his measure on the truck, can he pour in? Assume thathte temperature of the gasoline cools to 42*F upon entering thetank and the thermal coefficient of expansion of gasoline is .00096(*C)-1. Answer in units of gal. The answer is 1125.2gallons.
I'm pretty sure you multiply the coefficient of expansion ofgasoline times the change in temperature times the number ofgallons and then add that answer to the number of gallons. So, itwould be (.00096)(84-42)(1100), which is 44.352+1100=1144.352gallons. Again, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with thisequation. Apparently my professor didn't explain it verywell.