Question

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW TO DO THIS PLEASE WITH THE ANSWER 20 POINTS!!!

Item 3
On your family trip, you used 16 gallons of gas.

If the odometer readings before and after your trip were 112,352 and 112,773, respectively, how many miles per gallon did you average?

Round your answer to the nearest whole number.


52


34


27


26

Answer 1

Explanation:

First of all we need to know how odometer works. The change in odometer means the distance you have travelled.

Therefore:

112773-112352

=421 miles

Average, meaning you take the distance travelled divided by the gallons of gas used.

421/16

=26.3125

round up

≈26