SOLUTION: Gas mileage is the number of miles you can drive on a gallon of gasoline. A test of a new car results in 490 miles on 20 gallons of gas. How far could you drive on 60 gallons of ga

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Question 940907: Gas mileage is the number of miles you can drive on a gallon of gasoline. A test of a new car results in 490 miles on 20 gallons of gas. How far could you drive on 60 gallons of gas? What is the car mileage?

Answer by rameens_99(10) About Me  (Show Source):
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20 gallons = 490 miles
20+20+20= 60 gallons
490+490+490= 1,470 miles

So, you could drive 1,460 miles on 60 gallons of gas.

Car mileage:
490/20
So the car mileage would be: 24.5 miles / per gallon




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