Question

You drove 539 miles on the 24.5 gallons. How many miles per gallon did you get?

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to divide 539 miles by 24.5 gallons. We need to find the unit rate in this case. Then, we have:

`(539)/(24.5)=(539)/(24.5)\cdot(10)/(10)=(5390)/(245)=22`

Therefore, we got 22 miles per gallon.

We can multiply the fraction by 10/10 = 1 to have an easier way of dividing both quantities.

A unit rate is a ratio in which the value in the denominator is one unit of the quantity (gallons). In this case, we have 22 miles per one gallon, or simply 22 miles per gallon.