Question

If a car can travel 250 miles on 10 gallons of fuel, how many gallons are required to travel 1,325 miles?

Answer 1

53 gallons of fuel

Explanation:

Step 1: Set up a fraction given the data (Let "x" represent the distance in miles.)

`(10)/(250) = (x)/(1325)`

Step 2: Divide the given values (The given values are 10 over 250. We are doing this because we need to know the difference between those two figures.) (Trick: For this case, all you need to do is cancel both zeros and the answer is 25)

`(10)/(250)\\\\10 / 250\\\\= 0.04`

Step 3: Multiply the result to the last value (Since we've found the difference between them by division, we will have to do the opposite operation in order to find the answer.)

`1325 * 0.04\\\\= 53`

Therefore, 53 is the amount of gallons of fuel needed.

Answer 2

1325 250
------- = -------
x 10

1325(10) = 250x

13250/250 = 250x/250

x = 53

53 gallons are required to travel 1325 miles

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