Question

A hybrid car can travel 40 miles per gallon. Approximately how many gallons of fuel will the car need to travel 20 km?

[1 mile = 1.6 km]

0.3

0.8

2.5

3.2

Answer 1

help please @spurdo

Answer 2

again, unit cancellation. This time, try it yourself.

Answer 3

I got 3.2 as my answer.

Answer 4

btw im about to be banned so yeah

Answer 5

why are you going to be banned, and is it correct?

Answer 6

uh breaking rules. lemme check

Answer 7

is it correct

Answer 8

no.

first you multiply 40 by 1.6 to get it in terms of km/gal. you get 64km/gal

Then you set this proportion up

64/1 = 20/x

Answer 9

And then I got 3.2

Answer 10

That was what I got originally.

Answer 11

that doesn't make sense but I got that too. something is wrong

Answer 12

The other guy said it was .8

Answer 13

all I can tell is that the number is meant to be a decimal. less than 1

Answer 14

You're positive that it is 3.2?

Answer 15

I'm not. I think he's right. I'm gonna go over my work

Answer 16

Alright.