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Ryan drove 480 miles and used 20 gallons of gas. How many miles did Ryan's car get per gallon? Write an equation that would solve this problem.

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Answer:

24 miles per gallon

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

total distance covered= 480miles

The total amount of gallons used is = 20

The miles per gallon

= 480/20

=24 miles per gallon

Step two:

hence the equation that we used in solving the problem is stated as

miles per gallon= total distance/total gallon sused

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