Math Word Problem?

Question

The Morrison's car uses one gallon of gasoline for every 28 miles. If gasoline costs $1.50 per gallon, how many miles can they drive if they spend $24.00 on gasoline?

Answer 1

The number of gallons they have = 24.00 / 1.50
Then multiply by 28 miles to find the distance they can drive.

Answer 2

So if gas is $1.50 a gallon and they spent $24 we need to find how many gallons they got so we do 24/1.5 = 16
So that got 16 gallons of gas.
Now their ar uses 1 gallon of gas for every 28 miles so we use 16gallons * 28 miles 16*28 = 448
So they can travel 448 miles if they bout $24 of gas

Answer 3

How many gallons would $24 get them?

24/1.5 = 48/3 = 16 gallons

Now set up and solve the proportion:

1 gallon:28 miles = 16 gallon:X miles

(Multiply 28 by 16)

Answer 4

Let x represent the number of miles

1 gallon/28miles, or 28 miles/1 gallon
$1.50/1gallon, or 1 gallon/$1.50

you can say
x=($24)(1 gallon/$1.50)(28 miles/1 gallon)
The dollars cancel out, the gallons cancel out, and you are left with miles.
24 * 28 / 1.5
448 miles

Answer 5

448 miles

Answer 6

$1.5 = 1g
1g = 28m


Using the transitive property, you can go 28 miles with $1.50.

$24.00/$1.50 gives you 16, so you can go 28x16 miles = 448 miles

Answer 7

what you would do is take 28 miles times 24 dollars to get your awnser!