Question

The Johnson family drove 52 miles on 4 gallons of gasoline. Which of the following equations can be used to find how far they can travel on a full tank of 15 gallons?

Answer 1

y = 13x

Explanation:

First we need to take the number miles the Johnson family drove and divide it to the number of gallons of gasoline used to find how many miles per gallon

Miles per gallon = 52/4

Miles per gallon = 13

Now that we know how many miles per gallon, let's make an equation to find how much they can travel on a full tank of 15 gallons.

Let y = number of miles traveled

Let x = number of gallons

y = 13x

Now let's see how much they can travel in 15 gallons.

y = 13x

y = 13(15)

y = 195 miles

So the Johnson family can drive 195 miles on a full tank of 15 gallons of gasoline.