Question

Jesse drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, a distance of 463 km. He used 12 gal of gas on the trip. Find the gas mileage in miles per gallon of Jesse's car. (Hint: 1 km ≈ 0.62 mi).

Round to the nearest whole number.

__________ mi/gal

Answer 1

miles \(\color{red}{per}\) gallon

means miles \(\color{red}{divided}\) per gallon.

Divide the number of miles driven by the number of gallons used to get the unit rate in miles per gallon.

Answer 2

Also, you are given kilometers, and you need miles, so first you need to convert km to miles.

Answer 3

Use the conversion factor you are given, 1 km = 0.62 miles, to convert from km to miles.
Then divide the number of miles by the number of gallons.