Kimberly drives at a rate of 50 miles per hour on her trip across the country. If it takes Kimberly 200 gallons of gasoline to d

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Kimberly drives at a rate of 50 miles per hour on her trip across the country. If it takes Kimberly 200 gallons of gasoline to d

rive 500 miles, how many minutes will it take her to use x gallons of gasoline if she uses gasoline at the same average rate of consumption?
1. 20x
2. 3/x
3. x/20
4. 3x

Mathematics

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ipn [44] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-15T06:00:48+03:00

ipn [44]3 years ago

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Answer:

3x

Step-by-step explanation:

50 mi/hr × (1 hr / 60 min) × (200 gal / 500 mi) = ⅓ gal/min

(⅓ gal/min) × (t min) = x gal

t = 3x