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If you are traveling 543 miles and you know that your car gets 18 miles per gallon of gasoline, approximately how many gallons of gasoline will you need for a one-way trip?

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we know that

the car gets 18 miles per -----------> 1 gallon of gasoline

so

for 543 miles ---------------------> x gallons of gasoline


by proportion

543/18=x/1---------->x=543/18------->x=30.17 gallons


therefore


the answer is

30.17 gallons

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