Question

A consumer group reports the number of miles driven for different amounts of gas. Which car travels the farthest on 1 gallon of gas? Answer questions 5–8. Click the icon to see the information about each car's gas mileage. 5. Complete the ratio table for Car A. Miles Driven Gallons of Gas 160 240 400 16 N40 4 8

Answer 1

According to the given table, the miles driven increases by 80 per every 4 gallons of gas, let's divide these numbers

`r_A=(80)/(4)=20`

Hence, Car A travels 20 miles per gallon.

Part 5.

Using this ratio, we complete the table

Miles Driven: 80 160 240 320 400 800

Gallons Gas: 4 8 12 16 20 40

Let's find the unit rate for Car B.

`r_B=(135)/(5)=27`

Car B travels 27 miles per gallon of gas.

Then, we find the unit rate of Car C using the graph, we just have to divide

`r_C=(63)/(3)=21`

Car C travels 21 miles per gallon of gas.

Part 6.

The completed paragraph would be:

"You know that Car A gets 160 miles per 8 gallons, Car B gets 81 miles per 3 gallons"

Hence, the answer is B because we can make a ratio table for Car B which doesn't have any given tables.

Car A gets 20 miles per gallon, Car B gets 27 miles per gallon, and Car C gets 21 miles per gallon. So, Car B travels the farthest on 1 gallon of gas. This answer makes sense because each ratio is