Question

A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank?

Answer 1

Answer:

The distance travelled will be:333.4 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we have to find the distance travelled by the second variation of the car. We will find this by dividing the mileage from the distance travelled, which will give us the full tank's capacity, using which we can find out the distance travelled by the second car.

For tank capacity:

Let capacity be "X"

Thus, we have:

$x = \frac{250}{15} \\ x = \frac{50}{3} \\ x = 16.67gal$

Thus the tank's capacity is 16.67gallons

For miles driven on full tank:

Let miles driven be "y"

Thus we get,

$y = 16.67 \times 20 \\ y = 333.4miles$

Thus the second variation of the car drives 333.4 miles in total.

Hope it helps you!!

Answer 2

Answer:

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