SOLUTION: you have noticed that your car can travel 420 miles on a tank of gas. your car can hold 17.5 gallons in its tank. write an equation relating the number of miles driven and the num

Question 25995: you have noticed that your car can travel 420 miles on a tank of gas. your car can hold 17.5 gallons in its tank. write an equation relating the number of miles driven and the numbers of gallons in the tank.

this is what i think it is
420 miles= 1 tank of gas
17.5 gallons=1 tank of gas

i get lost after this

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can let M = the number of miles driven.
= 24 MPG
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