Question

A car gets 24 miles per gallon of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline would the car need to travel 144 miles?

Answer 1

Answer:

6 gallons of gasoline

Step-by-step explanation:

1 gallon = 24 miles

you need to get 144 miles

144 divided by 24 = 6

there fore you need 6 gallons

Answer 2

Answer:

6 gallons gasoline would the car need to travel 144 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

• A Car travel 24 miles/gallon or 24 miles per gallon of gasoline.
• 1 gallons = 24 miles

To Find:-

How many gallons of gasoline would the car need to travel 144 miles?

According to question:-

in One gallon Car travels 24 miles.

Now,

1 gallon = 24 miles

Assume that x gallon need to travel 144 miles.

Then,

X gallon = 144 miles

Now one gallon =

$\iff = \frac{x}{144}$

Now,

$\frac{x}{144} \: is \: equal \: to \: \frac{24}{1}$

Then, 'X' = ?

$\implies\frac{x}{144} = \frac{1}{24}$

$\implies \: x = \: \frac{144}{24}$

$x = 6$

Therefore 6 gallons gasoline would the car need to travel 144 miles.

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Know More:

• The operation of multiplication and division of fractions as well as on decimals.

• we have learnt how to multiply fractions. Two fractions are multiplied by multiplying their numerators and denominators separately and writing the product as (Product of numerators ➗ product of denominators)

• A fraction acts as an operator 'if'.

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