SOLUTION: At the beginning of a year, the odometer on a car read 25,124 miles. At the end of the year, it read 37,364 miles. If the car averaged 24 miles per gallon how many gallons of gaso

Question 24561: At the beginning of a year, the odometer on a car read 25,124 miles. At the end of the year, it read 37,364 miles. If the car averaged 24 miles per gallon how many gallons of gasoline did it use during the first year?
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1810) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

At the beginning of a year, the odometer on a car read 25,124 miles. At the end
of the year, it read 37,364 miles. If the car averaged 24 miles per gallon how
many gallons of gasoline did it use during the first year?

The car traveled 37364 - 25124 or 12240 miles

12240 miles is to ? gallons as 24 miles is to 1 gallon.

12240    24
----- = ----
  x      1

24x = 12240

  x = 510 gallons.

Edwin
AnlytcPhil@aol.com

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