a car travels 840 miles on 35 gallons of gas. how many gallons will be used for the car to travel 156 miles.

Question

miles and distance

Answer 1

Hi Michael, a car travels 840 miles on 35 gallons of gas, if we divide 840 by 35 we will know how far the car traveled on one gallon of gas.

 

840 / 35 = 24 miles

 

The travels 24 miles on one gallon of gas.

 

Now to find out how many gallons of gas the car used to travel 156 miles, all we have to do is divide 156 by 24.

 

156 / 24 = 6.5

 

Solution: the car can travel 156 miles on 6.5 gallons of gas.

 

Questions?

Answer 2

840 miles on 35 gallons

one mile needs 

35/840 = 0.0417 gal

Or 0.0417 x 156 = 6.5 gallons

 

 

Answer 3

35 gal /840 miles

To travel 156 miles, it needs (35/840)x 156 = 6.5 gals