Question

Jack's car gets 42.68 miles per gallon of gas. if he had to travel 149.38 miles, how many gallons of gas would he need?

Answer 1

1 gallons=42.68 miles what about 149.38 miles
149.38 x 1 divided by 42.68
=3.5 gallons

Answer 2

3.5 gallons of gas would he need

Explanation:

As per the statement:

Jack's car gets 42.68 miles per gallon of gas

⇒In 1 gallon of gas = 42.68 miles

WE can write this as:

in 1 miles =
`(1)/(42.68)` gallon of gas.

Since, if he had to travel 149.38 miles

then

149.38 miles =
`(149.38)/(42.68) = 3.5` gallon of gas

Therefore, 3.5 gallons of gas would he need