SOLUTION: A car used 3t gallons of gasoline to travel 5 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 8 miles?
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Question 749654: A car used 3t gallons of gasoline to travel 5 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 8 miles?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car used 3t gallons of gasoline to travel 5 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 8 miles?
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Use a proportion:
gall/miles = gall/miles
x/8 = 3t/5
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x = 8*(3t/5)
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x = 24t/5
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x = 4.8t gallons
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cheers,
Stan H.
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