SOLUTION: A boat can travel 40 miles on 10 gallons of gasoline. How much gasoline will it need to go 16 miles?
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Question 1135958: A boat can travel 40 miles on 10 gallons of gasoline. How much gasoline will it need to go 16 miles?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to relate Volume and Distance.
Setup the necessary simple proportion.
You should find v is 4 just by looking at the proportion.
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