Keenan began his pizza delivery route with \( 3 / 5 \) of a tank of gas in his car. When he made it back to the pizzeria, \( 3 / 10 \) of a tank of gas was left. How much gas did Keenan use? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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To find out how much gas Keenan used, we can subtract the amount of gas left from the amount he started with. Keenan started with \( \frac{3}{5} \) of a tank of gas and ended with \( \frac{3}{10} \) of a tank. First, we need to find a common denominator to perform the subtraction. The least common multiple of 5 and 10 is 10. Now, we can convert \( \frac{3}{5} \) to have a denominator of 10: \( \frac{3}{5} = \frac{3 \times 2}{5 \times 2} = \frac{6}{10} \). Now we can subtract: \[ \frac{6}{10} - \frac{3}{10} = \frac{3}{10}. \] Thus, Keenan used \( \frac{3}{10} \) of a tank of gas.