A truck drives 150 miles and uses 15 gallons of gasoline. How far could the truck drive with 7 gallons of gasoline? (6.RP.3.b)(1 point)
Responses
10 miles
10 miles
70 miles
70 miles
1,050 miles
1,050 miles
2,250 miles
To find out how far the truck can drive with 7 gallons of gasoline, we can use a proportion:
150 miles / 15 gallons = x miles / 7 gallons
To solve for x, we can use cross products:
15 * x = 150 * 7
15x = 1050
Dividing both sides by 15:
x = 1050 / 15
x = 70
Therefore, the truck could drive 70 miles with 7 gallons of gasoline.
To find out how far the truck can drive with 7 gallons of gasoline, we need to calculate the truck's gas mileage, which is the distance it can travel per gallon of gas.
To do this, we divide the distance the truck can travel by the amount of gas it uses:
Gas mileage = Distance / Gas used
In this case, the truck drives 150 miles and uses 15 gallons of gasoline:
Gas mileage = 150 miles / 15 gallons
Gas mileage = 10 miles per gallon
Now that we know the truck's gas mileage, we can find out how far it can drive with 7 gallons of gasoline. To do this, we simply multiply the gas mileage by the number of gallons:
Distance with 7 gallons of gasoline = Gas mileage × Number of gallons
Distance with 7 gallons of gasoline = 10 miles per gallon × 7 gallons
Distance with 7 gallons of gasoline = 70 miles
Therefore, the truck can drive 70 miles with 7 gallons of gasoline.
To find out how far the truck can drive with 7 gallons of gasoline, we can set up a proportion using the given information.
We know that the truck drives 150 miles with 15 gallons of gasoline. So, the ratio of distance to gasoline used is 150 miles / 15 gallons.
To find out the distance the truck can drive with 7 gallons, we can set up a proportion:
150 miles / 15 gallons = x miles / 7 gallons
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and divide:
15 * x = 150 * 7
15x = 1050
x = 1050 / 15
x = 70
Therefore, the truck can drive 70 miles with 7 gallons of gasoline.