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You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 33 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 21 3/5 miles on 4/5 gallons of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon for each​ car? Which car could travel the greater distance on 1 gallon of​ gasoline?

Answer 1

What the person said above me

Answer 2

1) blue car 28.4 miles per gallon

2) miles per gallon

3) Blue car

Explanation:

In order to get the unit rate, we must divide the miles by the gallons so

Blue car: 33.5 / 1.25 = 28.4

Red car: 21.6 / 0.8 = 27

The blue car travels a greater distance on 1 gallon since 28.4 > 27