you are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 31 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline.

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you are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 31 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline.

Another car is red. It can travel 27 1/5 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?

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SIZIF [17.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-31T10:54:49+03:00

SIZIF [17.4K]2 years ago

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Step-by-step explanation:

Blue Car: (31 1/2 miles)/(1 1/4 gallons)

(63/2) miles / (5/4) gallons

(63/2)*(4/5) = 25.2 miles/gallon.

Red Car: (27 1/5 miles)/(4/5 gallon)

= 34 miles/gallon.

The Red Car will travel the furthest.