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Writing Ann's car can go 238 miles on 7 gallons of gas. During a drive last weekend, Ann used
8 gallons of gas. How far did she drive? Use pencil and paper. Explain how the problem changes
if you were given the distance Ann drove last weekend instead of how much gas she used.

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Given :

Writing lan's car can go 238miles on 7 gallons of gas.

During a drive last weekend, lan used

8 gallons of gas.

To find :-

How far did he drive?

Solution :-

According to Question ,

Car can go 238 mi on 7 gallons of gas.

Using Unitary Method ,

On 1 gallon of gas it will go 238/7 mi

On 8 , it will go 238/7*8= 272miles

Hence the required answer is 272 miles.

User Martin Poljak
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Answer:

272

Explanation:

do 238 divided 7 you get 34 then you multiply it by 8

User FremyCompany
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