Question

8 b.

A boat can travel 42 miles on 7
gallons of gasoline. How far can it
travel on 2 gallons?

Answer 1

12 miles on 2 gallons of gasoline

Explanation:

First, we need to find the unit rate and that can simply be found by dividing.

So we divide 42 miles by 7 gallons which equal 6.

So we know for every One gallon there is 6 miles. So we simply multiply 6 and 2 and we get an answer of 12 miles.

So therefore the answer is a boat can travel 12 miles on 2 gallons of gasoline.

Answer 2

12 miles

Explanation:

42÷7=6

6×2=12

Good luck!