A car can travel 476 miles on 14 gallons of gas write an equation relating the distance d to the number of gallons g how many gallons of gas does this car need to travel 578 miles



Answer :

The car gets 34 miles per gallon (476/14 = 34)
d=578
g=gallons needed
34 = miles per gallon

Solving for g......
578 = 34g
578/34= g
g = 17