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Tony fills his car with gas. His tank holds 14.0 gallons of gas. He pumps 8.37 gallons into the tank. If his car averages 27.6 miles per gallon, how far could he have driven before running out of gas had he not stopped to fill up? Give your answer to the nearest whole mile.​

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Answer:

5 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

14 - 8.37 means his car still had 5.63 gallons

27.6/5.63 = 4.9

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Tony could have traveled 155 miles before running out of gas if he would have not filled his car again.

Found multiplying the unit rate to the gas he had.

What do we mean by a unit rate?

A unit rate is a rate at which the input is taken as a single unit of quantity.

How do we solve the given question?

In the question, we are given that Tony fills the tank of his car with gas which has a capacity of 14.0 gallons. We are informed that he could pump 8.37 gallons into the tank.

The unit rate of the distance traveled in one 1 unit of gas is 27.6 miles per gallon.

We are asked the distance Tony would have traveled without refilling the tank.

The capacity of the tank = 14.0 gallons

The gas he filled = 8.37 gallons

The gas he had without filling = 14 - 8.37 gallons = 5.63 gallons

We know the unit rate of distance his car travels per gallon = 27.6 miles per gallon.

∴ The distance he would have traveled without filling the tank

= The gas he had without filling * unit rate of distance

= 5.63 * 27.6 miles = 155.388 miles ≈ 155 miles (rounding to nearest whole mile).

∴ Tony could have traveled 155 miles before running out of gas if he would have not filled his car again.

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