Question

A car travels 480 miles on 15 gallons of gasoline. How many miles does the car travel per gallon?

Answer 1

you take 480 and divide it by 15, because it says per gallon. so then if the car goes 480 miles with 15 gallons, you have to figure out how to find per gallon. you divide 480/15 and your answer is 32

Answer 2

32 miles the car travel per gallon.

Explanation:

Given : A car travels 480 miles on 15 gallons of gasoline.

To find : How many miles does the car travel per gallon.

Solution : We have given

A car travels on 15 gallons = 480 miles .

A car travels on 1 gallons =
`(480)/(15)`.

A car travels on 1 gallons = 32 miles.

We can say 32 miles the car travel per gallon.

Therefore, 32 miles the car travel per gallon.