Question

For your trip to Austin you know you are going to travel 182 miles and your car can do that in 14 gallons. How far can your car travel on 8 gallons of gas?​

Answer 1

First, you need to create a unit rate.
The car travels 182 miles on 14 gallons of gas.
To create a unit rate, you would have to divide 14 by 182.

182 mi 13 mi
———— = ———-
14 gal 1 gal

Then, you would need to multiply the numerator and denominator by 8 because the question is asking how far the car can travel on 8 gallons of gas.

13 mi x 8 104 mi
——— = ————
1 gal x 8 8 gal

So, your answer is the car travels 104 miles on 8 gallons of gas.