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)

Question

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 can use a proportion:

150 miles / 15 gallons = x miles / 7 gallons

To solve for x, we can use cross products:

15 * x = 150 * 7

15x = 1050

Dividing both sides by 15:

x = 1050 / 15

x = 70

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