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You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 38 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 21 3/5 on 4/5 of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon for each​ car? Which car could travel the greater distance on 1 gallon of​ gasoline?

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Answer:

Blue car: 30.8 miles per galon

Red car: 27 miles per galon

Blue car can travel longer distances on one galon!

Explanation:

Blue car:

38 1/2=77/2=38.5 miles

1 1/4=5/4=1.25 gasoline

38.5/1.25=30.8miles per galon

Red car:

21 3/5=108/5=21.6 miles

4/5=0.8 gasoline

21.6/0.8=27 miles per galon

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