In: Statistics and Probability
Which of the following problems cannot be solved using a proportional relationship?
(i) A 30-mile drive is about 48.3 kilometers. Approximately how many kilometers is a 60-mile drive?
(ii) A gallon of gas costs $3.49 on October 8, 2011 at the Chevron station on the corner of Imola and Soscol. What does 10 gallons of gas cost on that same day at the same station?
(iii) A car travels 50 miles in 2 hours in heavy traffic. How long does it take the car to travel 25 miles in light traffic?
Solution:
The correct answer is:
(iii) A car travels 50 miles in 2 hours in heavy traffic. How long does it take the car to travel 25 miles in light traffic?
Explanation:
The option (i) can be solved using a proportional relationship as:
We are given that a 30-mile drive is about 48.3 kilometers.
Therefore, we have:
Therefore, the 60-mile drive is:
The option (ii) can be solved using a proportional relationship as:
we are given that a gallon of gas costs $3.49 on October 8, 2011, at the Chevron station on the corner of Imola and Soscol.
Therefore, the 10 gallons of gas cost on that same day at the same station is:
The option (iii) can not be solved using the proportional relationship because we are given a car travels 50 miles in 2 hours in heavy traffic but we have to find how long does it take the car to travel 25 miles in light traffic.