Problema Solution
When he left on vacation, the odometer in Carl's car read 43,519mi. When he returned, it read 44,756mi. If he used 52.4gal of gas, how many miles per gallon did he get?
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Carl traveled 44,756 - 43,519 = 1237mi.
He used 52.4gal per 1237mi, if he used x per mile we can write
52.4 / 1237 = x / 1
x = 0.042 mi per gal