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Sandy's car can travel 42 miles on 1 1/6 gallons of gas. At that rate, how many miles per gallon does her car get?
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Sandy's car can travel 42 miles on 1 1/6 gallons of gas. At that rate, how many miles per gallon does her car get?

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We simply have to divide the total miles that the car can travel by the total amount of gallons of gas.
So,
42 miles/ (11/6 gallons) = 22.91 miles per gallon

Therefore, Sandy's car gets 22.91 miles per gallon of gas
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