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Gas mileage is the number ofmiles you can drive on a gallon ofgasoline. A test of a new carresults in 510 miles on 20 gallonsof gas. How far could you driveon 65 gallons of gas? Proportion with units,and Work+ solution

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To solve this problem it is necessary to use proportions. In this case, take x as the number of miles that you could drive on 65 gallons of gas.

It means that x is to 65 as 510 is to 20:


\begin{gathered} (x)/(65)=(510)/(20) \\ x=(510)/(20)\cdot65 \\ x=1657.5 \end{gathered}

It means that you could drive 1657.5 miles on 65 gallons of gas.

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