Question

the number of kilometers a car can drive varies directly with the liters of fuel in the car. this car can travel 476 kilometers on 17 liters of fuel. how many liters of fuel are required for the vehicle to travel 1,428 kilometers? Liters of fuel= ?

Answer 1

We have the following:

Since it is a proposition, we can calculate the liters of fuel for any number of kilometers with a proportionality rule as follows

`\begin{gathered} 476\rightarrow17 \\ 1428\rightarrow x \\ x=(1428\cdot17)/(476) \\ x=(24276)/(476)=51 \end{gathered}`

Therefore 51 liters of fuel are needed