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Mr. Martin wrote the following problem on the board.

Juanita's car has a gas mileage of 22 miles per gallon.

How many miles can Juanita travel on 8 gallons of gas?

Alex used
22 miles
1 gallon
×
1
8 gallons
to find the answer. What should Alex have done instead?

User R Moyer
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1 Answer

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Just multiply 8x22, which is 176 miles
User Chris Herbst
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