SOLUTION: You took two trips in your new car. The first trip covered 136 miles and used
6.4 gallons of gas. The second trip covered 285 miles and used 12.5 gallons of
gas. On which trip d
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Question 900881: You took two trips in your new car. The first trip covered 136 miles and used
6.4 gallons of gas. The second trip covered 285 miles and used 12.5 gallons of
gas. On which trip did you get better gas mileage?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Fuel efficiency is the ratio of miles to gallons.
Compare the ratios.
First Trip:
Second Trip:
Which did better?
Which trip gave a higher MILESperGALLON ?
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