Julie’s family took a 4-day trip. Julie’s mother wrote an equation to calculate their gas mileage, m, in miles per gallon. Let d = the number of total miles driven on the trip. Let g = the total number of gallons of gas used for the trip.

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What was the gas mileage for the 4-day trip?

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MrRoyal MrRoyal · Answer 1 · 2021-01-30T13:29:14+01:00

Answer:

[tex]m = 26[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

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Determine the gas mileage for the trip

First, we calculate the miles driven

[tex]Miles = 476 + 439 + 382 + 263[/tex]

[tex]Miles = 1560[/tex] --- d

Next, we calculate the amount of gas used

[tex]Gas = 15.0 + 13.5 + 15.4 + 16.1[/tex]

[tex]Gas = 60.0[/tex] ---- g

The gas mileage is then calculated as:

[tex]m = \frac{d}{g}[/tex]

[tex]m = \frac{1560}{60}[/tex]

[tex]m = 26[/tex]

Hence, the gas mileage is 26 miles per gallon