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A car has 15 gallons of gas in its tank. The car travels 35 miles per gallon of gas. It uses 135 of a gallon of gas to go 1 mile. A. How far can the car travel with 15 gallons? With 15 gallons of gas, the car can travel 525 miles. B. How much gas does the car use to go 100 miles? The car will need gallons to travel 100 miles.

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Answer:

 525 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Two unit rates are given in this problem:

miles per gallon

gallons per mile

Since we want to find miles, the appropriate rate to use is miles per gallon:

[tex]distance = \frac{miles}{gallon} (gallons)\\distance = \frac{35 miles}{gallon} (15 gallons) = 525[/tex]

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