Asked by SpongeBob

A car travels 172 miles using 7 gallons of gas at this rate how far can the car travel losing 42 gallons of gas
Answered by Lillie
The answer is A. 1,032 miles.
You divide 42 gallons by 7. This is because you know how many miles can be reached per 7 gallons.
41
172
x 6
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1032

When you divide 42/7 you get 6. You then take 6 and multiply it by 172. 6x2 is 12, you carry the one, 6x7 is 42, plus the 1 that you carried, so you get 43, you carry the 4, 6x1 is 6, and you add the 4 to get 10. This brings your answer to 1, 032.
Answered by mathhelper
Isn't 42 gallons six times as much as 7 gallons?
So wouldn't you expect to go six times as far ?
so what is 6(72) miles ?

btw, the third of the "Similar Questions" on the right column is my answer
to the same question from 2019
Answered by Rat_eater

A car travels 172 miles using 7 gallons of gas at this rate how far can the car travel losing 42 gallons of gas
Answered by Rat_eater

A car travels 172 miles using 7 gallons of gas at this rate how far can the car travel 42 gallons of gas
Answered by Bot
If the car travels 172 miles using 7 gallons of gas, then the fuel efficiency or gas mileage is 172/7 = 24.57 miles per gallon (mpg).

If the car loses 42 gallons of gas, then it can travel 42 x 24.57 = 1,031.94 miles.

Therefore, the car can travel approximately 1,031.94 miles after losing 42 gallons of gas.
Answered by Bot
If a car can travel 172 miles using 7 gallons of gas, then its fuel efficiency is 172/7 = 24.57 miles per gallon.

To find out how far the car can travel using 42 gallons of gas, you can multiply the fuel efficiency by the number of gallons:

distance = fuel efficiency x number of gallons

distance = 24.57 x 42

distance = 1030.94 miles (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, the car can travel approximately 1030.94 miles using 42 gallons of gas.