From the information we have, Jack drove 401/2 miles and used a total of 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline.
We need to find out how many miles he travelled per each gallon.
40 1/2 miles can be written as 40.5 miles
1 1/4 gallons can be written as 1.25 gallons.
So now we form an equation.
40.5 = 1.25
x = 1
Where x is the number of miles per gallon
We cross multiply the equation
40.5 * 1 = 1.25 * x
40.5 = 1.25x
40.5 / 1.25 = x
32.4 = x
x = 32 .4
So the unit rate for miles per gallons is 32.4 miles per gallon
