Question

If a car travels 340 miles on 20 gallons of gas, how far can it travel on 25 gallons of gas?

Answer 1

\[340\div20\]

Answer 2

What do you get from that?

Answer 3

17.. that cant be it.

Answer 4

Now, \[17\times5\]

Answer 5

85

Answer 6

There you go :)

Answer 7

17 miles per gallon. Understand how we got that answer of 85miles for 25gallons?

Answer 8

thats not it. not one of the choices.

Answer 9

Set it up as a ratio. Know how to do that?

Answer 10

How many miles on 1 gallon?
How many miles on 25 gallons?
:)

Answer 11

They found the 1, just a mistake in finding the 25.

Answer 12

Sorry >.< I got confused.

Answer 13

Oh i see, just saw it :p,

340:20 = 17:1

Answer 14

Yes, the mistake was in the ?:25 part.

Answer 15

So what's your next step? @seimei

Answer 16

>.<,

17*25 =?

Answer 17

340 (25/20) = 425