three oil storage tanks have a combined capacity of 4400 gallons. the largest tank holds 3 times as much as the smallest tank, and twice as much as the other tank. ? is the capacity of each tank.

Question

how do you set up each part of the problem?

Answer 1

Let x=the volume of the largest tank.

Then the middle tank is x/2 and the smallest tank is x/3

4400=(x/3)+(x/2)+x

4400=11x/6

You can finish it.