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A car traveled 63 miles on 3 gallons of gas. What proportion can you set up to determine how many miles, m, the

car can travel on 7 gallons of gas?
3
63
63
m

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Answer: 147 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

63mi/3g X mi/7g. Then cross multiply, so you will take 63*7 and 3*X. You should get 147=3X. Then divide by 3X and get 147= X

User Qpingu
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Divide 63 by 3=21 multiply it by 7 and you get 147
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