Question

Example 3: The following data was collected by a taxi driver who was interested in how much fuel he used on different journeys. Length of journey 100 250 150 180 220 (miles) 300 Fuel Used (liters) 24 59 44 50 59 97 Estimate how much fuel would be needed for a 200-mile journey.​

Answer 1

For a 200 mile journey, 55.5 liters of fuel

is needed

Explanation:

Here, we want to estimate the fuel needed for a 200 mile journey

we can use this by having an average

By adding all and dividing by 6

Mathematically, that will be;

(24 + 59 + 44 + 50 + 59 + 97)/6

= 55.5

The reason for this is because if we added all the lengths and divide by 6, what we get is 200

Thus, if we added the liters of fuel used per each and divide by 6, we can have an estimate for a 200-mile journey