A particular hybrid car travels approximately mi on gal of gas. Find the amount of gas required for -mi trip.
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Part 1
The car needs
enter your response here gallons of gas for -mi trip.
To find the amount of gas required for a -mile trip, we need to use the given information which states that the car travels approximately miles on gallon of gas.
Let's assume the car can travel miles on gallon of gas. We need to find out how many gallons of gas are required for a -mile trip.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the unknown quantity.
The proportion can be written as:
miles / gallon = -miles / x gallons
To solve for x (the unknown quantity), we can cross multiply:
miles * x gallons = * -miles
This simplifies to:
x gallons = (-miles * ) / miles
Now, we can substitute the given values to find the amount of gas required for the -mile trip.
x gallons = (- * ) /
x gallons = (- * ) /
x gallons ≈
Therefore, the car needs approximately gallons of gas for the -mile trip.