Question

A car company uses the table below to show customers the appropriate amount of gas used when a car has been driven a certain number of miles.

if the car always uses the same amount of gas each time, how many gallons of gas would be needed to travel 480 miles?

A. 20

B. 24

C. 33

D. 39

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Answer 1

Is B.24 because 120 divided by 5 is 20 and 300 divided by 16 is 20 etc. So 480 divided by 20 is 24 so the answer is 24 gallons of gas

Answer 2

B. 24

Explanation:

• This is a simple ratio.
• If 1 mile = 0.05 gallons of gasoline, then 480 miles = 24 gallons of gasoline!