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

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

anonymous · Answer

help please @spurdo

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

I got 3.2 as my answer.

anonymous · Answer

btw im about to be banned so yeah

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

uh breaking rules. lemme check

anonymous · Answer

is it correct

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

And then I got 3.2

anonymous · Answer

That was what I got originally.

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

The other guy said it was .8

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

You're positive that it is 3.2?

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

Alright.