Question

Eliana drove her car 81 \text{ km}81 km81, space, k, m and used 999 liters of fuel. She wants to know how many kilometers (x)(x)left parenthesis, x, right parenthesis she can drive on 222222 liters of fuel. She assumes her car will continue consuming fuel at the same rate.

Answer 1

198

Explanation:

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Answer 2

198 km

Explanation:

Eliana drove her car 81 km and used 9 liters of fuel.

She wants to know how many kilometers x she can drive on 22 liters of fuel.

Thus,

81 km - 9 liters

x km - 22 liters

Write a proportion:

`(81)/(x)=(9)/(22)`

Cross multiply

`81\cdot 22=9x\\ \\9x=1,782\\ \\x=198\ km`