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Alex has recently purchased a car. The average distance he is able to travel in his new car per gallon of fuel is represented by the graph.

Alex has recently purchased a car. The average distance he is able to travel in his-example-1

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The average distance Alex can travel on a full tank of fuel is 41 miles/gallon.

To calculate the average distance Alex can travel on a full tank of fuel, we can use the following formula:

f(x) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

where:

f(x) is the average distance in miles Alex can travel per gallon of fuel

y2 is the distance he can travel on a full tank of fuel

y1 is the distance he can travel on one gallon of fuel

x2 is the number of gallons of fuel his gas tank holds

x1 is the number of gallons of fuel he uses to travel one mile

Based on the graph, we can see that:

y2 is approximately 590 miles

y1 is approximately 45 miles

x2 is equal to the capacity of his gas tank, which is not explicitly stated in the problem but we can assume is 13 gallons (based on the fact that he can travel 590 miles on a full tank and his car's average distance per gallon is 45 miles)

x1 is equal to 1 gallon

Substituting these values into the formula, we get the following equation:

f(x) = (590 - 45) / (13 - 1) = 41 miles/gallon

Therefore, the average distance Alex can travel on a full tank of fuel is 41 miles per gallon.

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