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Ms. Finely uses 10.5 gallons of gasoline to drive the first 598 miles of the trip. How many gallons of gasoline would she need to drive 750 miles?
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Ms. Finely uses 10.5 gallons of gasoline to drive the first 598 miles of the trip. How many gallons of gasoline would she need to drive 750 miles?
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Write and solve an equation of ratios:
10.5 gal x
----------- = ----------- resutls in 598x = 7875. Solving for x, x = 13.17 gallons
598 mi 750 mi (ans)
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Assuming we use gallons per mile as our starting point, 10.5 gallons gets her 598 miles.
We can solve this by setting up am equation:
10.5gallons / 598 = xgallons / 750
Multiply by the 750 miles:
750 * 10.5 / 598 = 13.169gallons
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