A motorcycles gas tank holds 4.5 gallons. If the motorcycle can travel 225 miles. How many miles per gallon does the motorcycle average?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-29T15:02:26

50 miles per gallon

225 miles divided by 4.5 gallons will give the miles per gallon.
$225/4.5 = 50$ miles per gallon

Answer 2 · 2016-10-29T15:06:55

I got: $50 "miles"/"gallon"$

We can divide the distance by the amount of fuel needed (contained into the tank):

$225/4.5=50 "miles"/"gallon"$

This tells us that with one gallon of fuel the motorcycle can travel $50$ miles.

However, this is an average and we know that the speed and road conditions will interfere with the fuel consumption!