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Tristan's car used 3 gallons to travel 102 miles. At what rate does the car use gas, in miles per gallon?

Tristan's car used 3 gallons to travel 102 miles. At what rate does the car use gas-example-1

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Given:

At 3 gallons, it can travel 102 miles.

Find: At 1 gallon, how many miles?

Solution:

To solve this, we can simply divide 102 mi by 3 gallons.


(102mi)/(3gal)=\frac{34mi}{1\text{ }gal}

This means the car can travel 34 miles per gallon.

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