A car traveled 180 miles and use 6 gallons of gas if the same car traveled 1260 miles under similar conditions how many gallons of gas would be used
42
1260 miles (6 gallons/180 miles) = ?
To find the number of gallons of gas used when the car traveled 1260 miles, we can use a proportion to compare the two scenarios.
Let's call the number of gallons of gas used for the 1260 mile trip "x".
The proportion we can set up is:
180 miles / 6 gallons = 1260 miles / x gallons
To solve for x, we can cross multiply and then divide:
180 * x = 6 * 1260
180x = 7560
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 180:
x = 7560 / 180
x ≈ 42
Therefore, if the same car traveled 1260 miles under similar conditions, it would use approximately 42 gallons of gas.