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You are running a fuel economy study. One of the cars you find is blue. can travel 30 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline. Another car is red. It can travel 28 4/5 miles on 4/5 gallons of gasoline.
The unit rate for the blue car is ___ per gallon

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Answer:

24 2/5 miles per gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

Blue car:

30 1/2 miles on 1 1/4 gallons

rate = miles/gallons

rate = (30 1/2 miles)/(1 1/4 gallons) = (61/2 miles)/(5/4 gallons) =

= 61/2 * 4/5 miles/gallon = 244/10 miles/gallon = 24 4/10 mpg =

= 24 2/5 mpg

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