b) Suppose a different car could travel half the distance using only 210 gallons. Determine how many miles per gallon this car averages.

Question

At the beginning of the year, the odometer on an SUV read 37,266 miles. At the end of the year, it read 52,446 miles. a) If the car averaged 23 miles per gallon, how many gallons of gasoline did it use during the year? b) Suppose a different car could travel half the distance using only 210 gallons. Determine how many miles per gallon this car averages. Round the number to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

(a) 52446-37266 = 15180 miles traveled

15180 miles/23 mpg= 660 gallons

(b) 7590/210 = 36 + 1/7 mpg