mathwork question

Question

i need help with this.... Ali drove 260 miles using 12 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons of gas would he need to drive 286 miles.

Answer 1

You first need to find the number of miles driven on each gallon of gas. You would do this by dividing the number of miles driven (260) by the number of gallons used (12). Then you can take that answer and divide it into the new number of miles (286) which will tell you how many gallons will be needed to drive the new number of miles.