SOLUTION: "A car's gas tank can hold up to 17 gallons of gasoline; when driving on the highway, it gets 28 miles per gallon. If you've traveled 103 miles, how many gallons of gas have you us

Question 646482: "A car's gas tank can hold up to 17 gallons of gasoline; when driving on the highway, it gets 28 miles per gallon. If you've traveled 103 miles, how many gallons of gas have you used?"
I am so confused. I tried dividing the miles driven by 28 but it didn't work. Pleas help! If possible, please provide a formula for how you found it. Thank you in advance
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car's gas tank can hold up to 17 gallons of gasoline;
when driving on the highway, it gets 28 miles per gallon.
If you've traveled 103 miles, how many gallons of gas have you used?"
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That fact that the car holds 17 gal is irrelevant here
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Divide the distance by the miles per gallon (which is what you did)
= 3.6786 gallons used to drive 103 miles
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you can check this, find how many miles you can go on 3.6786 gallon
if you get 28 mpg
3.6786 * 28 = 103 miles
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