SOLUTION: The distance a car travel on a certain amount of fuel varies inversely with its speed. If a car traveling 50 mph con travel 300 miles on 10 gallons of fuel, how far could the car t
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Question 327549: The distance a car travel on a certain amount of fuel varies inversely with its speed. If a car traveling 50 mph con travel 300 miles on 10 gallons of fuel, how far could the car travel on10 gallons of fuel at 60 mph? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The distance a car travel on a certain amount of fuel varies inversely with its speed. If a car traveling 50 mph con travel 300 miles on 10 gallons of fuel, how far could the car travel on10 gallons of fuel at 60 mph?
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distance = k*fuel/rate
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Find "k" using d=300 when rate = 50 mph and fuel = 10 gals
300 = k*10/50
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k = 1500
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Equation for this situation:
d = 1500*f/r
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How far could the car travel on 10 gallons of fuel at 60 mph?
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distance = 1500*10/60 = (1/4)(1000) = 250 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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