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A car uses 3t gallons of gasoline to travel 5 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 8 miles? Give your answer in terms of t.

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24 miles each hour traveling
User Martin Brandhaug
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In the question, the car uses 3t gallons to travel 5 miles .

It means, for 1 mile , the car need


(3t)/(5)gallons

Therefore, for 8 miles, the car need


(3t)/(5)*8 = (24t)/(5)gallons

And that's the required answer .

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