Q:

A delivery truck can travel 240 miles on 30 gallons of gas. at that rate how far could the truck travel on 15 gallons of gas?

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✧・゚: *✧・゚:*    *:・゚✧*:・゚✧                   Hello!✧・゚: *✧・゚:*    *:・゚✧*:・゚✧❖ The truck could travel 120 miles at that rate.Divide t find the unit rate:240 ÷ 30 = 8Multiply to find how many miles in 15 gal:15 x 8 = 120(Note: In this problem, half of 30 is 15 and we have to find how many miles so just divide the amount of miles by 2. Note that this won't always work.)~ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜᴇʟᴘꜱ! :) ♡~ ᴄʟᴏᴜᴛᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀꜱ