Question

You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 43 1/2 on1 1/4 of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 24 4/5 on 4/5 of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon for each​ car? Which car could travel the greater distance on of​ gasoline?

Answer 1

1. 28.4 miles per gallon
2. 34 miles per gallon
3. The red car

→ (blue car):
=>Travels 35 1/2 miles on 11/4
gallons of gasoline.
→(red car):
=>Travels 27 1/5 miles on 4/5
gallons of gasoline.