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15) John traveled 166.25 miles and used 9.5
gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon
does John's car get?
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User Georg Sander
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Answer:

17.5 mi/gal

Explanation:

You can think of "per" as meaning "divided by." Then "miles per gallon" means "miles divided by gallons:"

(166.25 mi)/(9.5 gal) = 17.5 mi/gal

John's car gets 17.5 miles per gallon.

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