A van travels 220 miles on 10 gallons of gas. Find how many gallons The van need to travel 550 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

For 220 miles with 10 gallons you take 220/10 gives you 22. If it’s going 550 miles take 550/10 which would be 55 gallons of gas

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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