SOLUTION: A car uses 10 litres of fuel for a journey of 40km on the average. What distance will 25 litres cover with the same car and same speed?

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Question 1118933: A car uses 10 litres of fuel for a journey of 40km on the average. What distance will 25 litres cover with the same car and same speed?
Answer by ikleyn(52809)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Write a proportion


     = 


and then solve it for x, which is the distance under the question


    x =  =  = 100 kilometers.

Solved.

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