Question

Car X traveled 64 miles and consumed 2 gallons of fuel, and Car Y traveled 54 miles and consumed 1.8 gallons of fuel. Which car traveled more miles per gallon?

Answer 1

car X is 32 miles per gallon and mileage of car Y is 30 miles per gallon. Therefore, car X traveled 2 miles more per gallon than car Y.

Answer 2

Car X traveled more miles per gallon.

Explanation:

We will use
`\text{Mileage}=\frac{\text{Total distance traveled}}{\text{Total amount of consumed fuel}}` formula to answer this problem.

Let us find mileage of car X,

`\text{Mileage of car X}=\frac{64\text{ miles}}{2\text{ gallons}}`

`\text{Mileage of car X}=\frac{32{ miles}}{\text{ gallons}}`

Now let us find mileage of car Y,

`\text{Mileage of car Y}=\frac{54\text{ miles}}{1.8\text{ gallons}}`

`\text{Mileage of car Y}=\frac{540\text{ miles}}{18\text{ gallons}}`

`\text{Mileage of car Y}=\frac{30\text{ miles}}{\text{ gallons}}`

We can see that mileage of car X is 32 miles per gallon and mileage of car Y is 32 miles per gallon. Therefore, car X traveled 2 miles more per gallon than car Y.