Mikes car gets an average of 28 mpg. There are 12 gallons of fuel in mikes car when he starts his trip of 140 miles. About how m

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Mikes car gets an average of 28 mpg. There are 12 gallons of fuel in mikes car when he starts his trip of 140 miles. About how m

any gallons are left at the end of his trip?

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katrin2010 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-09T09:58:14+03:00

7 gallons are left.
Since he goes 28 miles per gallon and he drives 140 miles, you divide 140 by 28 and get 5 (number of gallons he used) and subtract that number by the total number of gallons of fuel he had at the start of his trip giving you 7 gallons left. Hoped this helped