Question

Sam's van travels 208.8 miles on 9 gallons of gasoline. Hasan's small car travels 234.4 miles on 8 gallons of gasoline. What is the difference between the vehicles in the gallons of gasoline consumption per mile?

Answer 1

Answer:

The difference between the vehicles is 0,009 gallons per mile.

Step-by-step explanation:

To know the difference between the vehicles in gallons per mile we need to obtain this information for each car:

-Sam´s van

  Gallons per mile: 9 gallons/208.8 miles

  Gallons per mile: 0.0431

-Hasan´s small car:

 Gallons per mile: 8 gallons/234.4 miles

 Gallons per mile: 0.0341

The difference between the vehicles is:

0.0431-0.0341= 0,009 gallons per mile