Lizzy: A truck driver’s heavy semi truck can go 3 miles per gallon of gas. The truck driver needs to put gas in his truck at one gas station, but wants to put the minimum amount he needs to get him to a much cheaper gas station 90 miles away. He already has 12 gallons of gas in his tank. How many more gallons does the truck driver need to put in his semi to make it to the cheaper gas station?.
Me: Hmmm, let me think. I think this is the detailed solution:
The truck driver can go 3 * 12 = 36 miles on the gas in his tank. He needs to go 90 - 36 = 54 more miles. Thus, the truck driver needs to put 54 / 3 = 18 more gallons of gas in his semi. Final answer: 18.