Your car's gas tank is full and you take a trip. You travel 209 miles, then you fill your gas tank up again and it takes 10.0 gallons. If you designate your change in distance as 209 miles and your change in gallons as 10.0, what is the average rate of change of gasoline used, measured in gallons per mile?

Round answer to 3 decimal places.

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Your car's gas tank is full and you take a trip. You travel 209 miles, then you fill your gas tank up again and it takes 10.0 gallons. If you designate your change in distance as 209 miles and your change in gallons as 10.0, what is the average rate of change of gasoline used, measured in gallons per mile?

Round answer to 3 decimal places.

amistre64 · Answer

(0,0) to (209,-10) perhaps

amistre64 · Answer

|dw:1315075975205:dw|

anonymous · Answer

no it says that is not the answer it wants it in decimal

amistre64 · Answer

how do you determine the slope of a line when given 2 points?

anonymous · Answer

y2-y1/x2-x1

amistre64 · Answer

very good :)  they give you these two point for reference and simly want to know the slope between them

amistre64 · Answer

this part here tho: "measured in gallons per mile" is a bit odd; itll either be, 209/10  , or  10/209  depending on what that part there means

amistre64 · Answer

my bet is on 10/209

anonymous · Answer

ive tried both and it says noth are incorrect

anonymous · Answer

*both

amistre64 · Answer

did you round them to 3 decies?

amistre64 · Answer

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=10%2F209 i get .048 if i round

anonymous · Answer

wow it wored i want rounding dumb mistake

anonymous · Answer

*wasnt