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1.A car consumes 5 liters of gasoline for every 100 kilometers it travels.

a)Find the constant of proportionality.
b)Represents the number of liters of gasoline consumed (y) after "x" kilometers
c)How many liters of gasoline does he need to travel 1250 kilometers?

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100/5=20
20 Kilometers per gallon
1:20
1250/20=#of gallons
62.5 gallons
User Ali Kleit
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Answer:

62.5 Liters of gasoline

Explanation:

1250/100=12.5

12.5 x 5 = 62.5

User Whitebeard
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