Michael just bought a used car and wanted to check his mpg. His two odometer readings from one fill-up to another were 53,762 and 54,008. It took 11.8 gallons of gas to fill it up the second time. What is his mpg to the nearest gallon?

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Erik Morgan

5 October, 03:42

Michael just bought a used car and wanted to check his mpg. His two odometer readings from one fill-up to another were 53,762 and 54,008. It took 11.8 gallons of gas to fill it up the second time. What is his mpg to the nearest gallon?

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Jair · Answer 1

21 mpg

Explanation:

So the distance in miles that his car could cover within gas fill up is the difference in odometer reading

d = 54008 - 53762 = 246 miles

So if it takes 11.8 gallons of gas to cover 246 miles then his mile per gallon can be calculated as

246 / 11.8 = 20.85 mpg