Question

Brittany's car gets 31 miles per gallon. Brittany's car used 24 gallons of gas on a round trip to see the ocean. How far away from Brittany's home is the ocean? Round answer to the nearest 10th. Ignore any side travel that Brittany might do.

Answer 1

372 miles

Explanation:

The appropriate relation is ...

miles = (miles/gallon) × gallons

distance = (31 mi/gal)×(24 gal) = 744 mi

Brittany drove 744 miles to see the ocean. Since this was her round trip distance, the one-way distance is ...

744 mi/2 = 372 miles