Question

Yesterday, Jack drove 43.5 miles. He used 11 gallons of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon?

The unit rate is
miles per gallon
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Answer 1

the unit rate for miles per gallons =
`3.95 miles`

Explanation:

Let x be the unit rate for miles per gallon.

Given:

Jack drove 43.5 miles. He used 11 gallons of gasoline.

Find the unit rate for miles per gallon?

Jack used 11 gallons of gasoline for 43.5 miles.

11 gallons = 43.5 miles

The unit rate for miles per gallon is

unit rate of gallons = total miles divided by total used gallons of gasoline

`x=(43.5)/(11)`

`x=3.95miles`

Therefore, the unit rate for miles per gallons is 3.95 miles.