Question

A boat could travel 260 km on 65 L of gasoline how much gasoline will it need to go 72 km

Answer 1

18 liters

Explanation:

260 km : 65 L

72 km : ? L

Find out how far you can travel on 1 L

65/250 = 4 km

4 km : 1 L

Good. We can use this to find out how much liters we need to travel 72 km.

72 km : ? L :: 4 km : 1 L

72/4 = 18

Alas, we have our answer of 18 liters.