Question

Gas mileage is the number of miles you can drive on a gallon of gasoline. A test of a new car results in the 380 miles on 10 gallons of gas. How far could you drive on 55 gallons of gas?

Question 1 options:

A. 79.6 miles


B. 2090 miles


C. 69.1 miles


D. 0.14 miles

Answer 1

There are two ways to solve this. One way is to use proportions:
380/10 = x/55
Cross multiply:
20900 = 10x
Divide:
x = 2090
Your answer is B