SOLUTION: a car gets 21 miles per gallon of gasoline. how many gallons of gasoline does the car need to travel 252 miles?

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Question 831692: a car gets 21 miles per gallon of gasoline. how many gallons of gasoline does the car need to travel 252 miles?
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide the total number of miles (252) by the number of miles per gallon (21) to get the gallons.
252/21 = 12 gallons

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