Wendy Weisner fills her gas tank completely and makes a note that the odometer reads 38, 451.4 miles. The next time she put gas in her car, filling the tank took 12.6 gal and the odometer read 38, 687.0 miles. Determine the number of miles per gallon that Wendy's car got on this tank of gas.

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anonymous · Answer

Figure out how many miles she traveled and how many gallons she used. You can figure out miles per gallon by doing

miles / gallons

anonymous · Answer

Thank you :-)

anonymous · Answer

I hope that helped! You can give me your answer if you want me to check it

anonymous · Answer

Rounded off, its 3052 miles per gallon

anonymous · Answer

Hmm, that's not what I got

anonymous · Answer

If she started at 451.4 mi and ended at 687.0 mi, you can find how far she went with

687.0 - 451.4

anonymous · Answer

Which comes out to 235.6 mi

anonymous · Answer

She used 12.6 gallons of gas

anonymous · Answer

so what does 235.6 mi / 12.6 gal  give you?

anonymous · Answer

18.69

anonymous · Answer

Right! And it makes more sense: A car going 3052 miles on a gallon of gas would be EXTREMELY efficient!

anonymous · Answer

Lol it makes more sense now :-)