Question

A cars gas mileage refers to its rate in miles traveled per gallon of gas. Kara's family is thinking about renting a camper that can travel 3 1/2 miles on 1/3 gallon of gas. Kara wants to know the gas mileage of the camper.

Answer 1

Answer: 10 ¹/₂ miles per gallon

Explanation:

The gas mileage of the camper refers to the distance (in miles for this question) that the camper can travel on 1 gallon of gas.

The camper can travel 3¹/₂ miles on ¹/₃ gallons so the mileage is:

= Distance traveled/ Gallons used

= 3¹/₂ ÷ ¹/₃

= 7/2 * 3/1

= 21 / 2

= 10 ¹/₂ miles per gallon