Question

Harry fills up his Jeep with gasoline and notes that the odometer reading is 23,408.1 miles. The next time he fills up his Jeep, he pays for 15.5 gallons of gasoline. He notes his odometer reading is 23,684 miles. How many miles per gallon did he get? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.)

Answer 1

First let's find how many kilometers the jeep traveled, by subtracting the odometer readings:

`23684-23408.1=275.9`

Now, to find the miles per gallon, we just need to divide the kilometers by the amount of gallons of gasoline:

`(275.9)/(15.5)=17.8`

So Harry got 17.8 miles per gallon with the Jeep.