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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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.