landon owns a hybrid SUV that can travel 400 miles on a 15-gallon tank of gas.Determine how many miles he can travel on a 6 gallons.

Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given : 

Distance travelled by suv on 15 gallon of gas = 400 miles

So,

Distance travelled on 1 gallon of gas = 400/15

Now, Distance travelled by suv on 6 gallon of gas = 400/15 × 6

= 80 × 2

= 160

 

Hence, ladon can travel 160 miles on 6 gallons of gas.