SOLUTION: stan traveled 265 miles and used 21.2 gallons of gasoline. how many miles did he average per gallon of gasoline

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Question 1003478: stan traveled 265 miles and used 21.2 gallons of gasoline. how many miles did he average per gallon of gasoline
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, Alan3354:
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To get miles per gallon, we divide miles by gallons or
265 / 21.2 = 12.5 miles per gallon (quite the gas hog!)

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you divide the miles by the gallons, you get mi/gallon.
Is that not obvious?