A boat can travel 80 miles on 20 gallons of gasoline, how far can it travel on 114 gallons

Xudre asked May 14, 2023

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Xudre asked May 14, 2023

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To solve this, we'll use a rule of three:

This way,

$x=(80\cdot114)/(20)\Rightarrow x=456$

The boat would be able to travel 456 miles with 114 gallons of gasoline

Rukletsov answered May 18, 2023

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