A truck can drive 34 miles on 2 gallon of gas. How many gallons would it take the truck to be able to drive 425 miles
To solve this problem, we can use proportions.
A truck can drive 34 miles on 2 gallons of gas.
Therefore, the truck can drive 34/2 = 17 miles per gallon.
To find out how many gallons it would take for the truck to drive 425 miles, we can set up the following proportion:
17 miles/1 gallon = 425 miles/x gallons
Using cross multiplication, we can solve for x:
17x = 425
Dividing both sides by 17:
x = 425/17
x = 25
Therefore, it would take the truck 25 gallons of gas to be able to drive 425 miles.