One student drove 370 miles in his car on 10.5 stallions of gas
His brother drove 250 miles in his truck on 8.75 gallons of gas
Find the unit rate of the car
Find the unit rate of the truck
Which vehicle gets better gas mileage
The gasoline mileage of the car is approximately __miles per gallon
To find the unit rate of the car, we divide the total distance by the total gallons of gas used:
Unit rate of the car = 370 miles / 10.5 gallons = 35.24 miles per gallon
Next, we calculate the unit rate of the truck:
Unit rate of the truck = 250 miles / 8.75 gallons = 28.57 miles per gallon
Comparing the unit rates, we see that the car gets better gas mileage than the truck.
Therefore, the gasoline mileage of the car is approximately 35.24 miles per gallon.