Question

A car magazine reports the number of miles driven for different amounts of gas for 3 cars. Which car travels the farthest on 1 gallon of gas?

Car A: There is a table and you have to figure out the missing numbers in the sequence. See attachment.

Miles Driven: ___, ___, 200, 300, ___

Gallons of Gas: 1, 4, 8, ___ , 16


Car B can travel 140 miles for every 5 gallons of gas.


Car C can travel 81 miles for every 3 gallons of gas.


For the life of me, I cannot figure out the number sequence for Car A. Please help!!

Answer 1

Sequence for A

Miles Driven: 25, 100, 200, 300, 400
Gallons of Gas: 1, 4, 8, 12, 16

Car A: 200/8 = 25 mpg
Car B: 140/5 = 28 mpg
Car C: 81/3 = 27 mpg

Car B travels the farthest