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