lilbiggie73114 lilbiggie73114
  • 12-01-2018
  • Mathematics
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A car uses 3t gallons of gasoline to travel 5 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 8 miles? Give your answer in terms of t.

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korban2 korban2
  • 12-01-2018
24 miles each hour traveling
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Riia
Riia Riia
  • 07-08-2018

In the question, the car uses 3t gallons to travel 5 miles .

It means, for 1 mile , the car need

[tex] \frac{3t}{5}gallons [/tex]

Therefore, for 8 miles, the car need

[tex] \frac{3t}{5}*8 = \frac{24t}{5}gallons [/tex]

And that's the required answer .

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