Question

Joan drives 333.5 miles before she has to buy gas. Her car gets 29 miles per gallon.

How many gallons of gas did the car start out with?

Answer 1

• 11.5 gallons

Explanation:

Let the amount of gas be x gallons.

The product of gallons and MPG gives us the number of miles, show this as equation and solve for x:

• miles/gallons * gallons = miles

• 29x = 333.5
• x = 333.5/29
• x = 11.5