A boater travels 532 miles. Assuming the boat averages 63 miles per gallon, how
many gallons of gasoline (to the nearest tenth of a gallon) were used?

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Answer:

8.4 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

We have a boater traveled 532 miles and we want to know how much gas he used for this trip.

We are also given if he travels 63 miles then has used 1 gallon.

532 miles ->x gallons

63 miles   ->1  gallon

The information here is lined up for you already.

We have from the line, this proportion:

[tex]\frac{532}{63}=\frac{x}{1}[/tex]

x/1=x so we have:

[tex]\frac{532}{63}=x[/tex]

[tex]8.\overline{4}=x[/tex]

So approximately 8.4 gallons was used on this trip of 532 miles.

Answer:

8.4 gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

A boater travels 532 miles. Assuming the boat averages 63 miles per gallon, there are 8.4 gallons of gasoline that were used.