Question

I need answer ASAP: You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. It can travel 40 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 22 2/5 miles on 4/5 gallons of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon for each​ car? Which car could travel the greater distance on of​ gasoline?

Answer 1

Blue: 32.4 mpg

Red: 28 mpg

The Blue car will travel farther on a gallon of gasoline

Explanation:

Blue: 40.5/1.25=32.4 mpg

Red: (22 2/5)/(4/5) =22.4/0.8=28 mpg