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Landon 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.

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There are few ways to count it. One of them is:

400 miles on 15-gallon tank
400 / 15 = 26,66666666666667 miles per 1 gallon (looks weirdly but we'll get a nice result in a second)
So 26,66666666666667 * 6 gallons = 160 miles

Answer: Landon's SUV can travel 160 miles on 6 gallons.
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we know that

by proportion


(400)/(15)(miles)/(gallons)=(x)/(6)(miles)/(gallons)\\ \\15*x=6*400\\ \\x=(6*400)/15\\ \\x=160\ miles

therefore

the answer is


160\ miles

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