Question 621038: A particular hybrid car travels approximatley 234 mi on 6 gal of gas. Find the amount of gas required for a 702 mi trip. Answer by matt501823(7) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! We know that the hybrid gets 234 miles for 6 gallons. Thus, we can say that where x represents the number of miles per gallon. Next, we simply divide both sides by 6 and we get . This means that the hybrid gets 39 miles to the gallon. To find out how many gallons it would take to travel 702 miles in the hybrid you would say that where y represents the amount of gas required for such a trip. You then divide both sides by 39 and you get . Thus 18 is the amount of gas required.
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