A car can travel 476 miles on 14 gallons of gas. Write an equation relating the distance d to the number of gallons g. How many gallons of gas does this car need to travel 578 miles?
476 miles ... 14 gallons of gas 578 miles ... g gallons = ?
If you would like to know how many gallons of gas this car needs to travel 578 miles, you can calculate this using the following steps: 476 * g = 14 * 578 /476 g = 14 * 578 / 476 g = 17 gallons of gas
Result: This car needs 17 gallons of gas to travel 578 miles.
