a van travels 300 miles on 15 gallons of gas. find how many gallons the van needs to travel 360 miles
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
A van travels 300 miles on 15 gallons of gas.
Determine how many gallons are needed to travel 360 miles.
Solution:
In order to determine how many gallons are needed, we simply needed to determine first the unit rate of miles per gallon. This can be solved by dividing 300 with 15.
= 300 miles/15 gallons
= 20 miles/gallon
Divide 360 by 20 to determine the number of gallons.
= 360 miles / 20 miles / gallons
= 18 gallons
Final answer:
= 18 gallons