Question

You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 43 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline Another car is red. It can travel 21 3/5 miles on 4/5 gallon 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?

Answer 1

Answer:

Blue

Step-by-step explanation:

Blue = 43.5/1.25

34.8 mpg

Red = 21 3/5 / 4/5 = 21.6/0.8

27 mpg