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Julie, the soccer team's captain, wants to borrow her parents' car to drive to the tournament. Her parents tell her that she has to pay for the gas she uses. The car gets 26 miles per gallon (26 mpg). Julie wonders how much gas she'll need to purchase to get to the tournament and back

26 miles per gallon
Distance to the tournament = d
Total distance = d x 2 =2d
Amount of gas Julie needs to buy = g
Complete the formula. Use the variables to write a formula that will help you find the amount of gas Julie will have to purchase.
g=

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Answer:

2d/26

Explanation:

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Here's the answer! I've also included an example of the same logic I used to solve this problem.
Julie, the soccer team's captain, wants to borrow her parents' car to drive to the-example-1
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