Homework Help: math

Posted by Elizabeth on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:42pm.

Manuel wants to calculate how many miles his farthers car travels on one gallon of gas. He knows that on a fu 15- gallon tank of gas, the car can travel 225 miles. Write an proportion that he could use to calculate the cars mileage per gallon(x)

math - Anonymous, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:46pm
15/225=

15/(15*15)=

1/15 gallons per mile
math - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:46pm
15/225 = 1/x

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