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On a recent trip,Sarah's car used 6 gallons to travel 132 miles. At this rate how far could her car travel on 14 gallons of gasoline?

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The distance traveled on 14 gallons of gasoline is 308 miles

Firstly, we need to calculate the rate at which the car uses gasoline

This rate can be calculated by dividing the number of miles traveled by the amount of fuel consumed

Mathematically, this will be = 132 miles/6 gallons

= 22 miles/gallon

What this means is that a single gallon of fuel will take the car a Journey of 22 miles to consume

Now, given that there is 14 gallons of fuel, how many miles can the car travel with this amount of fuel

Mathematically, that will be;

Number of miles = Rate in miles/gallon * amount of fuel

Number of miles = 22 miles/gallon * 14 gallons

Number of miles = 308 miles

The car will travel a distance of 308 miles on 14 gallons of fuel

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