Question

Ian​'s car can go 231 miles on 7 gallons of gas. During a drive last​ weekend, Ian used 5 gallons of gas. How far did he ​drive? Use pencil and paper. Explain how the problem changes if you were given the distance Ian drove last weekend instead of how much gas he used.

Answer 1

Given :

Ian's car can go 231 miles on 7 gallons of gas.

During a drive last weekend, lan used

5gallons of gas.

To find :-

How far did he drive?

Solution :-

According to Question ,

Car can go 231 mi on 7 gallons of gas.

Using Unitary Method ,

On 1 gallon of gas it will go 231/7mi

On 5 , it will go 231/7*5 = q65 miles

Hence the required answer is 165 miles

Answer 2

165 miles

Explanation:

part 1

231/7= 33 mpg

33x5 = 165 miles

part 2

distance/mpg = gas used

for example: if you were told he went 200 miles,

200/33 = 6.06 gallons of gas