Question

A Hummer gets 300 miles on 20 gallons of gas, how many miles can it be driven on 50 gallons of gas?

Answer 1

750 miles

Explanation:

Step one:

Given data

we are told that the hummer gets to 300miles on 20 gallons of gas

Required

The distance that the Hummer can go on 50 gallons of gas

Step two:

if 20 gallons gets to 300miles

the 50 gallons will get to x miles

cross multiply we have

`x= 50*300/20\\\\x=15000/20\\\\x=750 miles`