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A car goes 60 miles on 2 2/3 Gallons of gas. How many miles will it go with 1 gallon of gas?

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22.5

You take 60 miles divided by how much in the tank and you get how many miles per gallon you get so in this case 60➗2.666= 22.5
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22.5 miles

You would create a proportion based on the given information, then cross multiply and solve for the number of miles 1 gallon of gas can go.
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