Question

You are the crew chief of the Algebra 2 formula racing team. Your current

task is to determine fuel consumption of both cars.
Car A travel x2 + 3x miles and Car B travels 2x + 8 miles.
Based upon tire wear (x), the cars will use x2 + 4x gallons of fuel.

Answer 1

An engineer computes the ratio of these two measurements.

• fuel efficiency, measured in miles per gallon

• speed, measured in miles per hour

Explanation: