SOLUTION: Joe and Mary wish to take a road trip together and need to decide whose car they will take. Joe calculated that his car is able to travel 210 miles on 12 gallons of gasoline. Mary

Question 1026161: Joe and Mary wish to take a road trip together and need to decide whose car they will take. Joe calculated that his car is able to travel 210 miles on 12 gallons of gasoline. Mary calculates that her car travels 300 miles on 19 gallons. Which of their cars gets more miles to the gallon?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Compute each rate. You compare MILES per GALLON of each car.

Relate the order of Joe and Mary .
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Joe and Mary wish to take a road trip together and need to decide whose car they will take. Joe calculated that his car is able to travel 210 miles on 12 gallons of gasoline. Mary calculates that her car travels 300 miles on 19 gallons. Which of their cars gets more miles to the gallon?
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To find mi/gallon, divide the miles by the gallons.
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