SOLUTION: A car uses 10 gallons of gasoline on a trip of 370 miles. At that rate, how much gasoline will a trip of 518 miles require?

Question 119862: A car uses 10 gallons of gasoline on a trip of 370 miles. At that rate, how much gasoline will a trip of 518 miles require?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can solve this in a couple of ways:
1) Use proportions:
Let x = the number of gallons required to drive 518 miles. Then you can write:

gallons.
2) If 10 gallons are required to drive 370 miles, then the gas consumption is mpg
To drive 518 miles you would need gallons.
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