MATH QUESTION (

Question

You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel

4112 miles

on

114 gallons

of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel

2535 miles

on

45 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

4112/114 = about 36.07 mpg for blue

2535/45 = 56 1/3 mpg for red car

the red car goes farther on one gallon: 56 1/3 miles

the blue car gets about 36.07 miles on one gallon