Question

weston’s car drives 28 miles per gallon of gas. write an equation to represent the relationship between miles driven (y) and gallons of gas (x)

Answer 1

An equation to represent the relationship between miles driven (y) and gallons of gas (x) used is $28=ky$

• Let the miles driven be y.

• Let the gallons of gas be x.

Given the following data:

Distance = 28 miles

To write an equation to represent the relationship between miles driven (y) and gallons of gas (x) used:

How to solve a word problem.

In this exercise, we would assign a variable to the parameters stated in the question in order to write an equation to represent the relationship between miles driven (y) and gallons of gas (x) used by Weston’s car during the trip.

Also, the amount of gas used up by a car is directly proportional to the distance traveled by the car. Mathematically, this is given by this expression:

$x\; \alpha \;y\\ \\ x=ky$

Substituting the given parameters into the formula, we have;

$28=ky$

Note: k is the constant of proportionality.

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