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  • 25-03-2020
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Ethan's car used 8 gallons of gas to drive 256 miles. At what rate does his car use gas in gallons per mile? Express your answer in simplest form.

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  • 25-03-2020

Answer:

0.03125 gal/mile

Step-by-step explanation:

You are looking for gas used per mile so you will need to divide

8 gallons of gas/256 miles

=0.03125 gallons/mile

Generally this is question is looking for miles per gallon. If that were the case you would have done 256/8 which is 32 miles/1 gal

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