Car A traveled 60 miles and averaged 20 miles per gallon of gasoline. If car B traveled 15 miles for each gallon of gasoline it used, how many miles had car B traveled when it had used the same amount of gasoline that car A used to travel 60 miles?

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wolf1728 · Answer

Car A gas used 60 miles / 20 mpg = 3 gallons
Car B gets 15 mpg and if it used 3 gallons then it traveled 45 miles.

calculusxy · Answer

First find the unit rate of car A. What will that be?

calculusxy · Answer

Divide 60/20.

calculusxy · Answer

Or just simply you can follow wolf1728's method.