if a car travels 222 miles and takes 12 gallons to do so how many gallons would it take to travel 407 miles?

Question

222 miles on 12 gallons of gas how many gallons to go 407 miles

Answer 1

g represents the number of gallons

 

12 : 222 :: g : 407   proportion

222g = (12)(407)     product means/extremes

 

Can you solve for g and answer?