SOLUTION: After your 528 mile trip to Escondido you fill your car with gas. The car was full of gas when you left home. It takes 16 gallons top fill your car in Escondido. What gas mileage d

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Question 658154: After your 528 mile trip to Escondido you fill your car with gas. The car was full of gas when you left home. It takes 16 gallons top fill your car in Escondido. What gas mileage did you get on the trip?
Answer by chriswen(106) About Me  (Show Source):
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Your gas tank was full when you left the town. Now it needs 16 gallons to fill up. That means you used 16 gallons during the trip. You also drove for 528 miles during that time.
Gas mileage = miles / gas used
= 528 / 16
= 33
Your gas mileage is 33 miles per gallon.