Question

You are running a fuel economy company. One of the cars you find is blue . It can travel 36 1/2 on 1 1/4 gallons of gas . Another car is red . It can travel 20 4/5 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:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Blue car: unit rate = miles / gallons used =  36 1/2 / 1 1/4

= 73/2 / 5/4

= 73/2 * 4/5

= 73*2/5

= 29.2 mi/gal.

Red car: Unit rate = 20 4/5 / 4/5

= 104/5 * 5/4

= 104/4

= 26 mi/gal.

The blue car travels the greater distance on 1 gallon of gas.