The distance between each street and each avenue is one block. Each block is 2 miles. You drive on Broadway from A to B in a car that uses 24 mpg. Approximately how many gallons did you use?

Question

The distance between each street and each avenue is one block.

Each block is 2 miles.

You drive on Broadway from A to B in a car that uses 24 mpg.

Approximately how many gallons did you use?

It's a right angle

Leg 1 is - 2

Leg 2 is - 10

I don't understand how mpg works.

Answer 1

well then you traveled 24 miles: 2+10 = 2 blocks, which is 24 miles because each block is 2 miles

the car gets 24 miles per gallon, so 1 gallon of gas was used.

set up the conversion factors like this:

1 gallon

24 miles * -------------- = 1 gallon

24 miiles