Question

Question
A truck drives 150 miles and uses 15 gallons of gasoline. How far could the truck drive with 7 gallons of gasoline? (6.RP.3.b)(1 point)
Responses

10 miles
10 miles

70 miles
70 miles

1,050 miles
1,050 miles

2,250 miles

Answer 1

To find out how far the truck can drive with 7 gallons of gasoline, we first need to determine the truck's miles per gallon (MPG).

The truck drives 150 miles using 15 gallons of gasoline. We can calculate the MPG as follows:

\[
\text{MPG} = \frac{\text{miles driven}}{\text{gallons used}} = \frac{150 \text{ miles}}{15 \text{ gallons}} = 10 \text{ miles per gallon}
\]

Now that we know the truck gets 10 miles per gallon, we can find out how far it can drive with 7 gallons:

\[
\text{Distance with 7 gallons} = \text{MPG} \times \text{gallons} = 10 \text{ miles per gallon} \times 7 \text{ gallons} = 70 \text{ miles}
\]

Therefore, the truck could drive **70 miles** with 7 gallons of gasoline.

The correct response is:
**70 miles**