Question

Nate's car will go 20 miles on 5 gallons. Nate wants to know how fuel efficient the car is. Please help by computing the ratio. (round to 2 decimal places)

Answer 1

4 miles per gallon of fuel.

Explanation:

The fuel efficiency of a car is given by the ratio of distance traveled by car to the volume of fuel used.

Now, given that Nate's car will go 20 miles on 5 gallons of fuel.

Therefore, the fuel efficiency of Nate's car will be given by the ratio

=
`\frac{\textrm {Dixctance traveled by the car}}{\textrm {Volume of fuel used}}`

=
`(20)/(5)`

= 4 miles per gallon of fuel. (Answer)