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1.6.AP-13 Question: On a recent trip, Jeremy and Frank drove 790 miles on 33 - gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did their car get on this trip? T(Type a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number.) Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer. All parts showing Clear All Check Answer Review progress

Answer 1

`23.7\frac{miles}{\text{gallon}}`

Step-by-step explanation: Their Car drove a certain distance on the gas that it had, which is as follows:

`\begin{gathered} \text{ Distance }\rightarrow790miles \\ \text{Gas }\rightarrow33(1)/(3)gallons=(100)/(3)gallons\rightarrow\approx33.34gallons \end{gathered}`

We need to find the miles per gallon that car had:

Miles per Gallon:

We can find the miles per gallon by simply dividing the total distance by the total amount of gas, which is done as follows:

`(M)/(G)=\frac{790miles}{(100)/(3)\text{gallons}}=(790*3)/(100)\frac{miles}{\text{gallon}}=23.7\frac{miles}{\text{gallon}}`

Therefore their car got 23.7 miles/gallon on this trip!