You plan to take a 1524 -mile trip in your car, which averages 24 miles per gallon. How many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use? Would a car that has only half the gas mileage require twice as much gasoline for the same trip? Explain

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Lauren Kane

26 January, 05:51

You plan to take a 1524 -mile trip in your car, which averages 24 miles per gallon. How many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use? Would a car that has only half the gas mileage require twice as much gasoline for the same trip? Explain

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(a) (1524 mi) / (24 mi/gal) = 63.5 gal

(b) Yes. If the number in the denominator of the above equation is cut in half, the quotient (gallons required) is multiplied by 2.