SOLUTION: a 747 airplane travels x miles. It uses 5 gallons of fuel per mile. Find the amount of fuel the airplane uses if x=2500 miles(about the distance between new york and los angeles.

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Question 798456: a 747 airplane travels x miles. It uses 5 gallons of fuel per mile. Find the amount of fuel the airplane uses if x=2500 miles(about the distance between new york and los angeles.
Answer by FrankieVlad(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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To do this problem you would take x miles and multiply that by the gallons of fuel per mile.
In this problem the solution would be 2500*5=12,500 gallons of fuel.