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| − | + | Margie's car can go <math>32</math> miles on a gallon of gas, and gas currently costs \$<math>4</math> per gallon. How many miles can Margie drive on <math>\textdollar 20</math> worth of gas? | |
| − | + | <math>\textbf{(A) }64\qquad\textbf{(B) }128\qquad\textbf{(C) }160\qquad\textbf{(D) }320\qquad \textbf{(E) }640</math> | |
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| + | ==Solution== | ||
| + | Margie can afford <math>20/4=5</math> gallons of gas. She can go <math>32\cdot5=\boxed{\textbf{(C)}~160}</math> miles on this amount of gas. | ||
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| + | ==Video Solution (CREATIVE THINKING)== | ||
| + | https://youtu.be/YNNTewVLbyU | ||
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| + | ~Education, the Study of Everything | ||
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| + | ==Video Solution== | ||
| + | https://youtu.be/mav136CA3eQ ~savannahsolver | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:15, 2 July 2023
Problem
Margie's car can go 
miles on a gallon of gas, and gas currently costs $
per gallon. How many miles can Margie drive on 
worth of gas?
Solution
Margie can afford 
gallons of gas. She can go 
miles on this amount of gas.
Video Solution (CREATIVE THINKING)
~Education, the Study of Everything
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/mav136CA3eQ ~savannahsolver
See Also
| 2014 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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