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A boat can travel 285 kilometers on 95

liters of gasoline. How far can it travel
on 12 liters?

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Answer: 36 kilometers

Step by step:

So you need to first figure out how many liters of gas does it take to travel 1 kilometer ... so you first do 285 divided by 95 ... which will give you 3
So for 1 kilometer you need 3 liters of gas
Now to figure out how many kilometers it goes on 12 liters of gas .... you multiply 12 and 3 (12x3) ...once you do that you will get an answer of 36

I hoped this helped , if it didn’t I apologize
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