SOLUTION: If I have a vehicle and it gets 10 miles per gallon and has a 55 gallon gas tank and we are traveling a total of 1500 miles how many tanks of gas will we consume?

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Question 429677: If I have a vehicle and it gets 10 miles per gallon and has a 55 gallon gas tank and we are traveling a total of 1500 miles how many tanks of gas will we consume?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, josmiceli:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

traveling a total of 1500 miles:  1500/10mipgal = 150gal

 150gal/55gal tank = 2.7 tanks (rounded to nearest tenth)

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, I figure out the units without numbers
(tanks of gas) = (miles) / (miles/gallon) / (gallons / tank)
+t+=+%281500+%2F+10%29+%2F+55+
+t+=+150%2F55+
+t+=+2.727+ tanks