Question

when's he fills up the gas tank for beginning a long trip when the gas gauge shows that she is used 3/8 of a tank of gas she is driven 165 miles how far could she expect to drive on a full tank of gas

Answer 1

Data:

Wihen she used 3/8 of a tank of gas she drive 165 miles:

`(3)/(8)=165\text{mil}`

Then, whit 1 thank she can drive (x):

Rule of three

`\begin{gathered} \\ (3)/(8)=0.375 \\ \\ x=(165mil)/((3)/(8))=(165mil\cdot8)/(3)=440\text{mil} \\ \end{gathered}`

Then, whit a full thak of gas she can drive a total of 440 miles