Acar travels 150 miles on 12 gallons of gasoline. how many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 500 miles.

40 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

Per find gasoline per mile first.

150 miles per 12 gallons of gasoline,

so we divide 12 by 150 to find gallons per mile.

Gallons per mile = 12/150 = 0.08 gallons per mile

Now, we need to find gallons for 500 miles. We simply multiply 0.08 gallons per mile by the number of miles, 500.

So,

500 * 0.08 = 40 gallons

So, 500 miles would require 40 gallons

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