Question

A certain car can travel 28.45 miles with one gallon of gasoline. The gasoline tank can hold

11.5 gallons. How many miles can this car travel on a full tank of gas? SHOW YOUR WORK!

Answer:

Answer 1

327.175 miles

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

A car can travel 28.45 miles with one gallon of gasoline

We want to find how far the car can go with 11.5 gallons

Step two:

if 1 gallon can go 28.45 miles

then 11.5gallons will go x miles

cross multiply we have

1x= 28.45*11.5

x=327.175 miles