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Input data

246 milles

82 gallons

18 miles?

Procedure

First, let's calculate the ratio of miles per gasoline

[tex]\begin{gathered} r=\frac{246\text{ milles}}{82\text{ gallons}} \\ r=3\text{ milles per gallon} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now for 18 miles

[tex]g=\frac{18\text{ milles}}{3\text{ milles per gallon }}=6\text{ gallons }[/tex]

The answer would be 6 gallons of gasoline