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On a recent 160 mile road trip, clara's car used 6.25 gallons of gas. how many gallons should she expect to use on a 250 mile road trip?
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On a recent 160 mile road trip, clara's car used 6.25 gallons of gas. how many gallons should she expect to use on a 250 mile road trip?

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About 9.77 gallons. To figure this out, you can set up a proportion. 6.25/160 = x/250. Using cross multiplication, you get 1562.5 = 160x. Divide by 160 on each side, getting x = 9.77 as a final answer.
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