Question

please help!! Kurt's car gets 23 miles to a gallon of gasoline. He filled up his car's gas tank with g gallons. Write an expression that shows how far Kurt can drive on a tank of gasoline.

Answer 1

Expression that shows distance Kurt can drive on a tank of gasoline is 23g miles

Solution:

Given that, Kurt's car gets 23 miles to a gallon of gasoline

He filled up his car's gas tank with g gallons

To find: Expression that shows distance Kurt can drive on a tank of gasoline

From given,

1 gallon of gasoline = 23 miles

Kurt fills up his car with "g" gallons

Therefore, for "g" gallons,

`1 * g \text{ gallons of gasoline } = 23 * g \text{ miles }\\\\g \text{ gallons of gasoline } = 23g \text{ miles }`

Thus the distance Kurt can cover with "g" gallons is:

`distance = 23g\ miles`

Thus with "g" gallons of gasoline, Kurt can drive 23g miles