Question

*Will give medal and fan!* A car went 80 miles on 6 gallons of gas. At the same rate of travel, how far would the car go on 15 gallons of gas?

Answer 1

you are given the rate: 80 miles / 6 gallons
simplified this is equal to 13.33 miles / gal

now multiply this rate by 15 gallons , that will cancel the units

Answer 2

199.95?

Answer 3

correct

Answer 4

or 200 miles

Answer 5

if you want to find the answer exactly you can do
(80/6) miles / gal * 15 gal = 200 miles

Answer 6

13.33 was an approximation of 80/6 , which introduces rounding error

Answer 7

Oh, thanks so much!