The expression 12g gives the number of kilometers a car can travel using g liters of gasoline.How far can this car travel on 521 liters of gasoline?□km
Q. The expression 12g gives the number of kilometers a car can travel using g liters of gasoline.How far can this car travel on 521 liters of gasoline?□km
Understand Given Expression: Understand the given expression and what is asked.The expression 12g tells us that the car travels 12 kilometers for every liter of gasoline (where g represents the number of liters of gasoline). We need to find out how far the car can travel on 521 liters of gasoline.
Convert to Improper Fraction: Convert the mixed number 521 liters into an improper fraction to make the calculation easier.521 liters = (5×2+1)/2=(10+1)/2=211 liters
Calculate Distance: Use the given expression to calculate the distance the car can travel on 211 liters of gasoline.Distance = 12×(211) km
Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the distance.Distance = 12×211 kmDistance = (12×11)/2 kmDistance = 2132 kmDistance = 66 km
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