In , approximately
cars and trucks were classified as flex fuel,
which means they could run on gasoline or ethanol.
\In , that number increased to about
.
Find how many more cars and trucks were flex-fuel in .
Let represent the additional number of cars and trucks (in millions) from
to
.
(Original equation)
(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property :
)
In ,
more cars and trucks were classified as flex fuel than in
.
In ,
more cars and trucks were classified as flex fuel than in
.