Question

You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel
28 1/2 miles on 1/14 gallons of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 25 3/5 miles on 4/5 gasoline. what is the unit rate for the blue car in miles per gallon?

Answer 1

Blue car:
28 1/2 miles = 28.5 miles
1/14 gallons = 0.0714 gallons
28.5 miles/(1/14 gallons) = 392.15 miles/gallon