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Sue's car used 12 gallons of gas on a 300 mile trip. Jen's car used 5 gallons of gas on a 140 mile trip. Whose car got miles per gallon ?
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Sue's car used 12 gallons of gas on a 300 mile trip. Jen's car used 5 gallons of gas on a 140 mile trip. Whose car got miles per gallon ?

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Jens car did, because she got 28 miles to the gallon while Sue only got 25 miles to the gallon
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Both cars got miles per gallon.

Sue's car got (300 miles) / (12 gallons) = 25 miles/gallon .

Jen's car got (140 miles) / (5 gallons) = 28 miles/gallon .


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