Given that a car can drive 92 miles with 4 gallons of gasoline, how many gallons does it need to drive 253 miles?



5 gallons


7 gallons


9 gallons


11 gallons

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DWJ2
The answer would be 9
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[tex]UNITARY \: \: METHOD \\ \\ \\ We \: require \: 4 \: gallons \: to \: drive \: \\ 92 \: miles \: , \\ \\ With \: 1 \: gallon \: , \: We \: can \: drive \: \frac{92}{4} = 23 \: miles \\ \\ To \: drive \: 253 \: miles \: , \: \\ \\ We \: require \\ \: , \: \: \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \frac{253}{23} \: \: gallons \: of \: gasoline \\ \\ \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \: 11 \: \: gallons \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: Ans.[/tex]