Question

Jim used 15 gallons of gasoline to drive 255 miles. How many gallons does he need to travel 576miles?

Answer 1

Given data:

The 15 gallons of gasoline is used to drive 255 miles.

The expression for the given statemment is,

`\begin{gathered} \text{255 miles}=15\text{ gallons} \\ 1\text{ mile=}(1)/(17)\text{ gallon} \end{gathered}`

Multiply the above expression with 576 on both sides.

`\begin{gathered} 576(1\text{ mile)=576(}(1)/(17)\text{ gallon)} \\ 576\text{ miles=33.88 gallons} \end{gathered}`

Thus, Jim used 33.88 gallons of gasoline to travel 576 miles.