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Mrs. Walters drove 360 miles on 25 gallons of gas. Mr. Walters drove 480 miles on 32 gallons of gas.

b. Find the mileage per gallon for Mr. Walters's car.

Please explain how you got this answer

User Olynoise
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Answer:

15 miles

Explanation:

User Mohan Noone
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Answer:

Mr.Walters car can go 15 miles on one gallon of gas.

Explanation:

To find this, you first want to put it into a ratio.

480:32

Next, you want to divide.

480/32

After you divide, you get 15. That tells you that you get 15 miles off of one gallon of gas.

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