Let x be the number of miles driven on 60 gallons of gas. By setting up and solving a proportion involving x, find the value of x for the car that you have chosen. Show both the set up of the proportion and the steps to solve. Include units with your answer.
Michelle, this makes no sense. What do you mean, "you have chosen"?
Let x be the number of miles driven on 60 gallons of gas. By setting up and solving a proportion involving x, find the value of x for the car that you have chosen. Show both the set up of the proportion and the steps to solve. Include units with your answer.
the vehicle gets 21mpg
To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion by comparing the number of miles driven to the number of gallons of gas used.
Let's assume that the car chosen has driven x miles on 60 gallons of gas.
The proportion can be set up as:
Miles driven / Gallons of gas used = Miles driven on 60 gallons / 60 gallons
In mathematical notation, this can be written as:
x miles / 60 gallons = Miles driven on 60 gallons / 60 gallons
Simplifying this proportion:
x / 60 = 1
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
x = 60 * 1
x = 60
Therefore, the value of x, which represents the number of miles driven on 60 gallons of gas for the chosen car, is 60 miles.
Make sure to include the units in your answer, which in this case would be "60 miles".