To find: Miles per gallon based on the information given in table.

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To find:  Miles per gallon based on the information given in table.

StrycharzT · Accepted Answer

Procedure:
In the table, the beggining and ending odometer reading is given.
The distance covered/miles driven can be found by subtracting the beginning odometer reading from ending odometer reading.
Thus, miles driven $= 80, 242 - 79, 895 = 347$ miles.
The gallons of gas used is given as 16.1.
First, let's find the fractional form of miles per gallon.
In fractional form, $\frac{347 m i l e s}{16.1 g a l l o n s} = \frac{21.55 m i l e s}{1 g a l l o n}$
Rounding 21.55 to the nearest tenth: 21:6
The above unit rate can be written as 21.6 miles/gallon which is read as 21.6 miles per gallon.
In tabular form, the above data is represented as:
$\begin{array}{cc} Beginning Odometer Reading & Ending Odometer Reading & Miles Driven & Gallons of Gas Used & Miles per Gallon (round to the nearest tenth) \\ 79, 895 & 80, 242 & 347 & 16.1 & 21.6 \end{array}$
Final solution: The unit rate is 21.6 miles/gallon.

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