Question

A certain car is rated to get 24 miles per gallon. How far can it travel on 14.5 gallons of gas?

Answer 1

348 miles

Explanation

Step 1

$\text{rate}=24\text{ }\frac{miles\text{ }}{\text{gallon}}$

it indicates that for every gallon the car can travel 24 miles, Now to know the total miles it can travel with 14.5 gallons of gas, just multiply the rate by the numbers of gallons

so

let

$\begin{gathered} \text{rate}=24\text{ }\frac{miles\text{ }}{\text{gallon}} \\ gallons=14.5 \end{gathered}$

make the product

$\begin{gathered} \text{distace}=\text{rate}\cdot Number\text{ of gallons} \\ \text{replace} \\ \text{distance}=24\frac{miles\text{ }}{\text{gallon}}\cdot14.5\text{ gallons} \\ \text{distance}=348\text{ miles} \end{gathered}$

therefore, the answer is 348 miles

I hope this helps you.