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London owns a hybrid SUV that can travel 400 miles on a 15 gallon tank of gas. Determine how many miles he can travel on 6 gallons

User Moris
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The answer is real simple.. First you divide 400 by 15 and get an answer of 26.67. That is how many miles in a gallon. Now multiply that with 6 and you get an answer of 160.02 miles
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Steps:
*Find the unit rate*
1) 400/15 = 26.6666667

* Multiply it by 6*
2) 26.6666667 * 6 = 160

So, the SUV will travel 160 miles on 6 gallons.
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