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Given that a truck can drive 25 miles with 4 gallons of gasoline, how many gallons does it need to drive 125 miles?

5 gallons


10 gallons


20 gallons


25 gallons

User Jmbucknall
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Hello!

First you have to find out how far the car goes on 1 gallon of gas

To find this you do the distance traveled divided by the amount of gas used

25/4 = 6.25

Next you do the amount of distance the car needs to travel divided by the distance the car goes on 1 gallon of gas

125/6.25 = 20

The car needs 20 gallons of gas to go 125 miles

The answer is 20 gallons

Hope this helps!
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