Question

Ray uses 1/4 of a gallon of gasoline to drive a distance of 5 1/2 miles. At this rate, how many miles can he drive on 1 gallon of gas?

Please don't put a stoopid answer like kdjfhas or something bc this is a post test and I really don't wanna fail

Answer 1

Answer:

22 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

You can write this problem as a proportion. If you convert everything to decimals and have 'x' the miles driven with one gallon of gas, the proportion will be  $\frac{.25}{5.5}=\frac{1}{x}$ . If you cross multiply, you get .25x=5.5. Dividing 5.5 by .25 will result in 22.