Question

Jesse drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, a distance of 463 km. He used 12 gal of gas on the trip. Find the gas mileage in miles per gallon of Jesse's car. (Hint: 1 km ≈ 0.62 mi).

Round to the nearest whole number. ...?

Answer 1

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Since it is already given that Jesse drove 463 kilometers and used up 12 gal of gas, we will convert 463 kilometers to miles. It is given that 1 km = 0.61 miles. So we multiply 463 x 0.61 and we get, 282.43 miles. So he traveled 282.43 miles/12 gallons of gas. To simplify this, it would be 23.54 miles/gal or 24 miles/gal. Hope this answer helps.