Question

A car travel 38 miles one each gallon of gasoline. At the rate how many gallonof gasoline will it take to travel 190 miles?

Answer 1

38 miles = 1 gallon
190 miles = x gallons

x = number of gallons of gasoline will take to travel 190 miles.

Cross multiple.....
38*x = 190*1
38x = 190
x = 190/38
x = 5

It takes 5 gallons of gasoline to travel 190 miles.