SOLUTION: Your aunt just got a new car. The car gets about 40 miles per gallon. If there are 12 gallons of gas in the tank, about how many miles can she drive?

Question 1023174: Your aunt just got a new car. The car gets about 40 miles per gallon. If there are 12 gallons of gas in the tank, about how many miles can she drive?

Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, fractalier:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
40 miles a gallon
12 gallons of gas.
12 x 40 = 480 miles
Hope this helps :-)
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think on it for a moment...if one gallon gets you 40 miles, two gallons gets you twice as far, right? Three gallons gets you three times as far...the word we use is TIMES...
Thus 40 miles per gallon TIMES 12 gallons = 480 miles...
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