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Over the weekend, Rachel and Morgan drove to Chicago to go shopping. Now they're preparing to go home. Morgan needs gas for her jeep, which gets 27 miles per gallon for gas mileage. When she stops at the gas station, she already has 8 gallons of gas in her tank. she buys more gas for $1.50 per gallon.

If Morgan spends $17.50 on gas, what is the total distance the girls could travel? Round, if necessary, to the nearest tenth.

Respuesta :

Using proportions, it is found that the total distance that the girls could travel is of 531.1 miles.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

They pay $1.50 per gallon, and spend $17.50, hence the number of gallons they put in the car is given by:

g = 17.5/1.5 = 11.67.

They already have 8 gallons, hence in total, they will have 8 + 11.67 = 19.67 gallons. Since each gallon gets 27 miles, the total distance they could travel is:

d = 27 x 19.67 = 531.1 miles.

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