Question

Vehicle a averages 14 miles per gallon of gasoline, and vehicle b averages 36 miles per gallon of gasoline. at these rates, how many more gallons of gasoline does vehicle a need than vehicle b to make a 1,008-mile trip?

Answer 1

So first we need to find the amount of gallons that it would take for each vehicle to travel 1,008 miles. We can do this by multiplying and canceling units:

Vehicle A: $\frac{1,008mi}{1}* \frac{gal}{14mi}=72gal$

Vehicle B: $\frac{1,008mi}{1}*\frac{gal}{36mi}=28gal$

So we found that Vehicle A needs 72 gallons to make the trip, and Vehicle B needs 28 gallons to make the trip.

Let's find the difference:

$72-28=44$

Therefore, Vehicle A needs 44 more gallons of gasoline than Vehicle B to make the trip.