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6.5 Exercise 99

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve the proportion problem.

Jesse’s car gets 3030 miles per gallon of gas. If Las Vegas is 285285 miles away, how many gallons of gas are needed to get there and then home? If gas is $3.09\$\text{3}.\text{09} per gallon, what is the total cost of the gas for the trip?

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 6.5 Solve Proportions and their Applications, exercise 99

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