By setting up and solving a proportion involving x, find the value of x for the car that you have chosen. State the type of car, the mileage, and show both the set up of the proportion and the steps to solve. Include units with your answer.
How would I do this problem? What formula do I use?
Is this really college algebra?
However, suppose you take a car and assign it the value x, for instance, beacuse of it being the xth car you encounter on the street. Suppose you've looked up any setting of its. It is called y (u), where the (u) shall denote the unit of the measurement.
Then reason as follows:
y (u) = k (u) * x, where k (u) = y (u) / x;
You see, it is a pretty easy calculation trick.
let x be the number of miles driven on 60 gallons of gas. by setting up and solving a proportaion involving x. find the value of x for the car that you chosen. what milleage and show both the set up of the proportaion and the steps to solve. include units with your answer?
To solve this problem, you can use the formula for a proportion, which states that two ratios are equal. In this case, you will set up a proportion between the mileage of the car you have chosen and the unknown value x.
Let's say the car you have chosen is a Honda Civic with a mileage of 30 miles per gallon (mpg). We want to find the value of x, which represents the mileage for this car.
The proportion can be set up as follows:
30 mpg = x miles / 1 gallon
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
30 * 1 = x * 1
30 = x
Therefore, the value of x is 30. This means the mileage of the Honda Civic is 30 miles per gallon.
Now, let's recap the steps:
1. Identify the car and its given mileage.
2. Set up the proportion by equating the given mileage to x miles per gallon.
3. Cross-multiply: 30 * 1 = x * 1
4. Divide both sides of the equation by 1 to solve for x.
5. Simplify: 30 = x
6. The value of x is 30. This represents the mileage of the Honda Civic, which is 30 miles per gallon.
Remember to always pay attention to units, and in this case, the units for the mileage are miles per gallon.