document.write( "Question 1135958: 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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Algebra.Com's Answer #753677 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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\"V%2FD\" to relate Volume and Distance.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You should find v is 4 just by looking at the proportion.
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