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Car A travels 300 miles on 20 gallons. Car B travels 505 on 25 gallons of gas. If each car has 10 gallons of gas. How much further in miles does car B travel?

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Answer:car B is 52 miles faster than car A

Explanation:

Car A travels 300 miles on 20 gallons. The number of miles per gallon travelled by car A is is determined by dividing the total miles travelled by car A by the number of gallons. It becomes

300/20 = 15 miles per gallon

The number of miles per gallon travelled by car B is

505/25 = 20.2 miles per gallon

If each car has 10 gallons of gas,

The distance travelled by car A would be 15 × 10 = 150 miles.

The distance travelled by car B would be 20.2 × 10 = 202 miles

Difference between distance travelled by car B and car A is

202 - 150 = 52 miles

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