A car requires 8 litres of gasoline to go 88 km. How many litres of gasoline will be required to go 16 km at the same rate of consumption?

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The car consumes 8 litres of gasoline to go 88 km, so to find out how much it will consume to go 16 km, we set up a proportion: $8 \text{ litres} / 88 \text{ km} = x \text{ litres} / 16 \text{ km}$. Solving for x gives $x = (8 \times 16) / 88 = 1 \frac{5}{11}$ litres.

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