The car can travel 639.3 miles on 60.5 liters of gasoline
Solution:
Given that car has a mileage rating of 40 miles per gallon of gasoline
To find: Number of miles can the car travel on 60.5 liters of gasoline
Let "x" be the number of miles the car travel on 60.5 liters of gasoline
Let us first convert 60.5 liters of gasoline to gallons of gasoline
Use the conversion factor,
1 liter = 0.264172 gallon
60.5 liters = 0.264172 x 60.5 gallon
60.5 liters = 15.98241 gallon
Thus from given statement,
1 gallon of gasoline = 40 miles
15.98241 gallon = x miles
This forms a proportion and we can solve the sum by cross multiplying
[tex]x \times 1 = 40 \times 15.98241\\\\x = 639.3[/tex]
Thus the car can travel 639.3 miles on 60.5 liters of gasoline
