The quotient may be greater than or less than the dividend or divisor. When the dividend is less than the divisor, the quotient will be less than one. When the dividend is greater than the divisor, the quotient will be greater than one.
I take it you mean the average gallons lost an hour, in which case you would do 58,432.4 - 56,475.2 to get 1,597.2 to which you divide by 2 getting your final answer of 978.6
