Question

You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is red. It can travel 24 4/5 miles on 4/5 gallon of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon for the red car?

Answer 1

1) 28.4 miles per gallon

2) 34 miles per gallon

3) the red car

Explanation:

Blue car:

Travels 35 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline

Red car:

Travels 27 1/5 miles on 4/5 gallons of gasoline

We want to know the unit rate for miles per hour, and to do it we have to divide the miles they travel by the gallons each car uses:

Blue car:

(35 1/2) / (1 1/4) = 28.4 miles per gallon

Red car:

(27 1/5) / (4/5) = 34 miles per gallon

The red car travels greater distance with 1 gallon of gasoline {and thats about it!}