Answer:
if 24miles in 2gallons the 12 miles per gallon is one gallon
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∠EAD ≅ ∠CAB . . . . . . reflexive property. An angle is congruent with itself.
∠AED ≅ ∠ACB . . . . . . given
ΔABC ≅ ΔADE . . . . . . angle-angle similarity: If two angles are congruent, all three angles are congruent and the triangles are similar.
Well, the area of a trapezoid is A = (

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) * h * 1/2 so you can use the area of a parallelogram, which is A = l * w, by splitting the trapezoid into 2 triangles and one rectangle. So you'd use A = l * w for the rectangle and A = 1/2bh for the triangles. You'd get the same answer!