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A car can travel 44 kilometers on 4 liters

of gasoline. How much gasoline will it
need to go 341 kilometers?

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Final answer:

To calculate the amount of gasoline needed for a car that travels 44 kilometers on 4 liters of gas to go 341 kilometers, you divide 341 by the car's fuel efficiency (11 km per liter), which results in 31 liters of gasoline required.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves finding out how much gasoline is needed for a car to travel a certain distance, based on its fuel efficiency. Given that a car can travel 44 kilometers on 4 liters of gasoline, we can determine the fuel efficiency as kilometers per liter.

First, we calculate the car's fuel efficiency:

Fuel efficiency = 44 km / 4 liters = 11 km per liter

Next, we determine how much gasoline is needed to travel 341 kilometers based on this fuel efficiency:

  • Gasoline needed = Total distance / Fuel efficiency
  • Gasoline needed = 341 km / 11 km per liter = 31 liters (rounded to the nearest whole number)

The car will need 31 liters of gasoline to go 341 kilometers.

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