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A boat can travel hundred forty kilometers on 35 liters of gasoline how much gasoline will it need to go 432 kilometers
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Solution 1 (using proportions)
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x = = 108.
Answer. 108 liters of gasoline is needed.
Solution 2
The boat can travel = 4 miles consuming 1 liter of gasoline.
432 miles is = 108 times four miles.
Hence, the boat will consume 108 liters of gasoline to travel 432 miles.
The same answer, which is good.
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- Proportions
- Using proportions to solve word problems
- HOW TO algebreze and solve this problem using proportions
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