document.write( "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?\" \r
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A car's gas tank can hold up to 17 gallons of gasoline;
\n" ); document.write( " when driving on the highway, it gets 28 miles per gallon.
\n" ); document.write( " If you've traveled 103 miles, how many gallons of gas have you used?\"
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\n" ); document.write( "That fact that the car holds 17 gal is irrelevant here
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\n" ); document.write( "Divide the distance by the miles per gallon (which is what you did)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"103%2F28\"$ = 3.6786 gallons used to drive 103 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "you can check this, find how many miles you can go on 3.6786 gallon
\n" ); document.write( "if you get 28 mpg
\n" ); document.write( "3.6786 * 28 = 103 miles \n" ); document.write( "

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