SOLUTION: If a boat uses 15 gallons of gas to go 66 miles, how many miles can the boat travel on 60 gallons of gas?

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Question 397210: If a boat uses 15 gallons of gas to go 66 miles, how many miles can the boat travel on 60 gallons of gas?
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Let x represent how miles can the boat travel on 60 gallons of gas

Question Sets Up the Proportion

 %28+15gal%2F66mi%29+=+%2860gal%2Fx%29  | cross multiplying to solve for x

  15x = 60gal*66mi

    x = 60*66/15gal

    x = 264mi



CHECKING our Answer

  4 times the gas, four times the miles that can be driven!