Problema Solution
A passenger car carrying two people has a fuel economy of 17 mi/gal and travels 1630 miles. A jet airplane making the same trip with 120 passengers has a fuel economy of 1.1 mi/gal. What is the fuel consumed per passenger for the car? Answer in units of gal/ passenger
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The passenger car will spend 1630/17 = 95.88 gal to travel 1630 for 2 people.
For 1 person it will spend 95.88/2 = 47.94 gal/passenger.