SOLUTION: Please help me to solve this word problem in step-by-step process.(((Ron found that his car used 7 gallons of gas to travel 200 miles. He plans to drive 1300 miles from his home to
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Question 147098: Please help me to solve this word problem in step-by-step process.(((Ron found that his car used 7 gallons of gas to travel 200 miles. He plans to drive 1300 miles from his home to Denver, Colorado. How many gallons of gas will he use if his car continues to consume gas at the same rate? Round to the nearest gallon.)))
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, 983manoj@gmail.com:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a ratio.
7 gallons is to 200 miles as x gallons is to 1300 miles.
Mathematically, that is,
To the nearest gallon, that would be 46 gallons.
Answer by 983manoj@gmail.com(4) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for 200 miles he need=7 gallon
fop 1 mile he will use=7/200
for 1300 he will use=(7*1300)/200
=7*6.5
=45.5 gallon
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