Mrs. Ebert is driving to Ohio to visit family. If her truck can drive 552 miles on 23 gallons of gas, how many gallons of gas would she need if the total trip was 840 miles?(1 point)
To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion.
We know that the truck can drive 552 miles on 23 gallons of gas.
So the ratio of miles to gallons is 552/23.
We want to find out how many gallons of gas she would need for a total trip of 840 miles.
Let's call the unknown number of gallons x:
552/23 = 840/x
To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
552x = 840*23
552x = 19320
Divide both sides by 552:
x = 19320/552
x ≈ 35
So Mrs. Ebert would need approximately 35 gallons of gas for the total trip of 840 miles.