Your car can go 375 miles on 12 gallons of gas. How far can you go on just 7 gallons of gas?
Cross multiply this equation. You will have:
375 x
---- = ---
12 7
After cross multiplying you will find that on 7 miles of gas you can drive 218 & 3/4 miles.
That equation didn't come out correctly!
It should be:
375/12 = x/7
(It will be in fraction form)DO NOT SOLVE IT BY DIVINDING! THAT WILL NOT WORK!
STEP 1: MULTIPLY 375 BY 7 TO GET 2625
STEP 2: MULTIPLY 12 BY X TO GET 12X
STEP 3: SET UP YOUR EQUATION
EQUATION: 12X=2625
STEP 4: DIVIDE BOTH SIDES BY 12
X=218.75
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To answer the question, we can use a basic proportion. The proportion can be set up as follows:
375 miles / 12 gallons = x miles / 7 gallons
To solve for x, we can cross multiply and divide:
375 * 7 = 12 * x
2,625 = 12x
Dividing both sides by 12:
2,625 / 12 = x
Calculating this expression, we find that x is approximately 218.75 miles.
Therefore, you can go approximately 218.75 miles on just 7 gallons of gas.