SOLUTION: it takes 6 quarts of feul for a pilot to fly 1000 miles. How many quarts are needed for 2500 miles. I found the answer. But I couldn't figure out how to put it into an equation

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Question 696167: it takes 6 quarts of feul for a pilot to fly 1000 miles. How many quarts are needed for 2500 miles.
I found the answer. But I couldn't figure out how to put it into an equation

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it takes 6 quarts of feul for a pilot to fly 1000 miles. How many quarts are needed for 2500 miles.
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6 quarts per 1000 miles = x quarts per 2500 miles
6/1000 = x/2500
1000x = 15000
x = 15 quarts
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Or, it's 2.5 times as far --> 6*2.5
= 15 quarts